A Decade of Unveiling the Hidden Universe: ALMA at 10

Credit: Carlos Padilla

Two North American 12-meters sit under the stars at the ALMA Operations Support Facility (OSF). Towards the left of the image in the distance is the Holography Tower. The antennas are able to receive a signal from this tower and use it to make a map of their surfaces. The individual panels that make up their surface can then be adjusted so that the surface is as close to being perfect parabola as possible.

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Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); C. Brogan, B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF)

ALMA image of the young star HL Tau and its protoplanetary disk. This best image ever of planet formation reveals multiple rings and gaps that herald the presence of emerging planets as they sweep their orbits clear of dust and gas. Originally imaged in 2014 by ALMA scientists, this updated image brings further clarity to the developing environment around HL Tau.

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Credit: B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF) with data provided by ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NAOJ) and NASA/ESA

In this composite image of the merging cores of the Antennae Galaxies, optical (white and pink), radio (blue) and millimeter/submillimeter (orange and gold) overlay to show us the history and future of star formation. The optical image shows stars that are shining now. The radio shows gas that is probably too thin to become stars. And the mm/submm shows all the places where new stars will someday form. The Antennae Galaxies provided the first science images from ALMA in 2011 during early science observations.

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