Planets Can Form Even in Harsh Stellar Environments, New ALMA Observations Suggest

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have captured high-resolution images of eight protoplanetary disks in Sigma Orionis, a star cluster irradiated by intense ultraviolet light from a massive star. The post Planets Can Form Even in Harsh Stellar Environments, New ALMA Observations Suggest appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

Nov 19, 2024 - 09:15
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Planets Can Form Even in Harsh Stellar Environments, New ALMA Observations Suggest
These ALMA images show rich disk structures around stars in Sigma Orionis. Image credit: ALMA / ESO / JAO / NAOJ / NRAO / Huang et al.

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have captured high-resolution images of eight protoplanetary disks in Sigma Orionis, a star cluster irradiated by intense ultraviolet light from a massive star.

The post Planets Can Form Even in Harsh Stellar Environments, New ALMA Observations Suggest appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

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