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New Details of Supermassive Black Hole’s Shadow Revealed

New Details of Supermassive Black Hole’s Shadow Revealed

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration has released new images of supermassive black hole M87*. A recent paper published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics presents new images from data collected by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and several other instruments within the EHT.

Early Evolution of Planetary Disk Structures Seen for the First Time

Early Evolution of Planetary Disk Structures Seen for the First Time

An international team of astronomers have found ring and spiral structures in very young planetary disks, demonstrating that planet formation may begin much earlier than once thought. The results were presented today at the 243rd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society.