ALMA Observations of a Young Protostar (IMAGE)

University of Copenhagen - Niels Bohr Institute

ALMA Observations of a Young Protostar

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ALMA observations of a young protostar about 450 light years away. Using these images, astronomers from the Niels Bohr Institute have for the first time been able to study how a whirlwind is lifted from a rotating disk of dust and gas surrounding the young star. Blue colour indicates gas that is moving towards us while the red colour indicates gas moving away from us.

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(Image: P. Bjerkeli et al./ESASky/ESAC, Spain)

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(Image: P. Bjerkeli et al./ESASky/ESAC, Spain)

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