Using ALMA’s exceptionally sharp vision, astronomers have uncovered rings, gaps, and cavities in extremely compact disks around young stars. The observations show that planet-formation structures extend into regions comparable in size to the inner Solar System, suggesting that many small disks may have looked smooth simply because their details were too small to resolve. Some of the most striking…
Source: ALMA · Original release
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