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Credit: © ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)

ALMA is the world's largest observatory at millimetre wavelengths. It is installed on the high-altitude plateau of Chajnantor in the Atacama desert (Chile). It consists of 66 individual radio antennas used jointly to synthesize a giant virtual telescope of 16 km in diameter.

« Will Earth Still Exist 5 Billion Years From Now?

Credit: © P. Kervella et al. (CNRS / U. de Chile / Observatoire de Paris / LESIA / ESO / ALMA)

This is a omposite view of L2 Puppis in visible light (from the VLT/SPHERE instrument, blue colors) and ALMA continuum (orange colors). The central star light has been subtracted from the ALMA image to better show the companion object.

« Will Earth Still Exist 5 Billion Years From Now?

This is a schematic view of the candidate planet's orbit in L2 Puppis disk.

« Will Earth Still Exist 5 Billion Years From Now?

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