Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have found striking orbital geometries in protoplanetary disks around binary stars. While disks orbiting the most compact binary star systems share very …read more Source:: Science
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Double star system flips planet-forming disk into pole position
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•Astronomers have found the first confirmed example of a double star system that has flipped its surrounding disc to a position that leaps over the orbital plane of those stars. …read more Source:: Science
Astronomers detect orbital motion in pair of supermassive black holes
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•Images made with the continent-wide Very Long Baseline Array detect the orbital motion of two supermassive black holes as they circle each other at the center of a distant galaxy. …read more Source:: Science
Orbital eyes first customer for in-space satellite servicing
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Orbital ATK Inc on Monday said it hopes to announce within the next six to eight weeks its first contract for a new “in space” service aimed …read more Source:: UKScienceNews