ESOcast 164 Light: ALMA Discovers Trio of Infant Planets (4K UHD)
Channel: European Southern Observatory (ESO)
Date: 2018-06-13

ALMA has uncovered convincing evidence that three young planets are in orbit around the infant star HD 163296. Using a new planet-finding technique, astronomers have identified three discrete disturbances in the young star’s gas-filled disc: the strongest evidence yet that newly formed planets are in orbit there. These are considered the first planets discovered with ALMA.

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Directed by: Nico Bartmann.  
Editing: Nico Bartmann.  
Web and technical support: Mathias André and Raquel Yumi Shida.  
Written by: Stephen Molyneux and Richard Hook.  
Music: Johan B. Monell (www.johanmonell.com).  
Footage and photos: ESO, ALMA (NAOJ/NRAO), A. Isella, B. Saxton (AUI/NSF), Hubble, M. Kornmesser and L. L. Christensen.  
Executive producer: Lars Lindberg Christensen.