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6 July 2015
ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/M. Kornmesser (ESO)
One of many causes radio observatories similar to ALMA and others are so helpful is that completely different wavelengths of radio emissions allow us to tune in on completely different sizes of mud grains within the universe. That’s as a result of mud grains are inclined to emit radio alerts with wavelengths round their very own dimension. This reality permits us to review the sorts of mud being fashioned in early planetary techniques.
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For instance, latest observations from ALMA discovered millimeter-sized mud grains orbiting a brown dwarf star often called Rho Ophiuchi 102. That is considerably stunning, since it could suggest that clouds round small brown dwarfs are just like mud clouds round bigger stars. It additionally means that brown dwarfs could kind rocky planets. One other group utilizing the e-Merlin array discovered considerably bigger grains across the star DG Tauri. Regardless of the restricted decision, it’s clear {that a} mud belt has fashioned across the younger star.
What these observations present is that protoplanetary disks are usually not solely frequent round stars, however that mud appears to be current early on. It’s yet another clue pointing to the concept planets are the norm reasonably than the exception for stars in our universe.
