by The Chile’s Alma Observatory, which houses some of the most powerful telescopes in the world, has taken up its previous construction pictures of the building blocks of the early universe – mainly cold gases, dust and star light in 39 galaxies.
“We have never achieved so much detail and depth in galaxies from the early universe,” said Sergio Martin, head of the scientific operations at Alma, AFP, during research at the University of Concepcion in Santiago.
Due to its dark sky and clear air, Chile organizes the telescopes of more than 30 countries, including the Atacama Large millimeter/submillimeter array (Alma), which was used in the results.
Research was led by Rodrigo Herrera-Camus, director of the Millennium Nucleus of Galaxies (Mingal) from Chile, that AFP announced that the new images “have the opportunity to examine how stars are born”.
The survey also showed that stars were created in “giant lumps”, said Herrera-Camus.
By combining Alma’s results with pictures from the telescopes James Webb and Hubble, the researchers were able to learn more about how galaxies develop, interact and form stars.
The Alma telescope was developed by the European Southern Observatory, the US radio astronomy and the National Astronomical Observatory.
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