The Atacama Larger Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has been used to study the formation of planets in a distant solar system, with the results likely to further our understanding of the process.

The clearest image yet of planets forming around a star has been unveiled by astronomers working on the ALMA array of radio telescopes in Chile. The image shows a series of concentric rings of ...

Figure 1: Near-infrared (1.6 micron) images of AB Aur. The top panels compare images taken by HiCIAO and CIAO. Both images have a field of view of 7.5″ by 7.5″. Top left: Image taken by HiCIAO using a ...

This image can easily be mistaken for a planetary nebula, but it is actually an image of a young star in the midst of formation. L1527 is an embedded protostar within a dark cloud in the Taurus star ...