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ALMA finds out where stars were born 10 billion years ago

These days, most people live in cities. Little wonder then that most people are also born in cities. But if you want to know where exactly in those cities most people were born, it’s not so easy to find out. With stars, it’s the same. Almost all stars are...

ALMA finds out what the Milky Way looked like nine billion years ago

When our Milky Way galaxy was still young, billions of years ago, it was smaller and more chaotic than it is now. It also contained huge amounts of cold molecular gas – the stuff that stars are born from. At least, that’s the conclusion that astronomers draw from new...

New ALMA receivers make it easier to find water in the Universe

The 66 dishes of ALMA – the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array – are being equipped with new receivers. They will improve the ability of ALMA to search for water in the Universe. On Earth, water is very important for life. Out there in the Universe, there’s also a lot...

ALMA finds evidence for baby planets around a young star

A young star in the constellation Sagittarius (the Archer) is orbited by two infant planets. The planets were found by ALMA. They’re about twice as large as the planet Saturn in our own solar system. Planets orbiting other stars have been found before. But in this case, the planets...

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