Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope in northern Chile have today announced the discovery of an unexpected clump of carbon monoxide gas in the dusty disc around the star Beta Pictoris. This is a surprise, as such gas is expected to be rapidly destroyed by starlight. Something — probably frequent collisions between small, icy objects such as comets — must be causing the gas to be continuously replenished. The new results are published today in the journal Science.
The release, images and videos are available on:
http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1408/
Translations are available on other countries page: België, Brasil, Chile, Nederland, Portugal, Россия, España
Kind regards,
Mgr. Viktor Votruba PhD
ESON Czech Republic
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
eson-czech@eso.org
6. března 2014
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