Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have captured high-resolution images of eight protoplanetary disks in Sigma Orionis, a star cluster irradiated by intense ultraviolet light from a massive star.
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Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have captured high-resolution images of eight protoplanetary disks in Sigma Orionis, a star cluster irradiated by intense ultraviolet light from a massive star.
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