Rice Uni Assistant Professor Andrea Isella presented images of binary system HD 142527 by Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) radio telescope at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, D.C. The system has long been known to harbor a planet-forming corona of dust and gas, but ALMA images are providing more detail than ever and allowing for better analysis of the system’s contents and mechanics.
Isella studies the formation of planetary systems...
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