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ALMA may have imaged planet formation

Started by MarkS, Jan 04, 2013, 12:55:03

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Interesting article about an image from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope:

http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1301/

The article contains both the original image and an "artist's impression" which has circulated more widely in the press.

Also, here is a link to a fascinating article on the correlator - a special purpose supercomputer that makes it all possible by combining data from all the individual radio antennas.  An interesting fact is that conventional disk drives cannot be used because of the rarity of the high altitude atmosphere.

http://phys.org/news/2012-12-powerful-supercomputer-alma-telescope.html