Image Captures Planet Formation in Striking Detail Published Nov 06, 2014 at 2:48 PM EST Updated Mar 05, 2016 at 2:15 AM EST ALMA image of the young star HL Tau and its protoplanetary disk.

This one image alone will revolutionize theories of planet formation”. HL Tauri is about 450 light-years away, and is expected to evolve into a “main sequence” star like the Sun. Indeed, the ALMA team ...

This colorful image of the globular star cluster Terzan 12 is a spectacular example of how dust in space affects starlight coming from background objects. NASA, ESA, ESA/Hubble, Roger Cohen (RU ...