Tag: Orion Source I

ALMA image of the salty disk surrounding the young, massive star Orion Source I (blue ring). It is shown in relation to the Orion Molecular Cloud 1, a region of explosive starbirth. The background near infrared image was taken with the Gemini Observatory. Credit: ALMA (NRAO/ESO/NAOJ); NRAO/AUI/NSF; Gemini Observatory/AURA

Orion Source I’s Disk Is Salty – NRAO Researchers Report

MessageToEagle.com | February 12, 2019

MessageToEagle.com – Using ALMA (the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) astronomers have detected the chemical fingerprints of sodium chloride (NaCl) – commonly known as salt – in the dusty disk

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