This Is What It Looks Like When A Planet Is Born

Earlier this year, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) captured the sharpest picture ever of a protoplanetary disc surrounding a young star. The image, which bears a striking resemblance to prior artistic impressions, is set to revolutionize our understanding of how planets form. The picture is one of ALMA's first observations to be made at its near-final configuration, as this remarkable device is still being calibrated. The new image was taken as part of the testing and verification process for the telescope — so the best images are still to come.

How am I suppose to react to this?

Looks awesome ^_^

Imagine you're giving birth to a billion people.

Any way you want

@trickzzz: Like this

@jonny_anonymous: This is some pretty amazing stuff. Stuff like this puts gossip and what-not put into perspective to how petty it is.

No God in that picture. I'm not buying it.

How did the stork carry it?

Space is cool man

Birth, such a beautiful miracle of nature. And not as disgusting as when humans do it.

we should test this evolution by dropping some single cell organisms into the planet ourselves. lets come back in another 4 million years and see if it evolved.

Amazing but scary at the same time.

It looks like an Orange version of a Health Cell for Super Metroid.

Space is so beautiful. It's what started my fascination with Science

Early sharingan concept art

LOL

@king_saturn: haha

bump

Looks like a portal from a old blockbuster movie from the 80's ...

Protoplanetary disc?

Cool.

Looks like Dr. Strange's astral finger print

Rad.

I like that

@claymore1998: LOL what do you think it looks like?

Larfleez is doing some kind of weird shiz.

Sauron eye has evolved.

@itsomething:

His Eye of Agamotto.

He's probably reenacting how he got out of slavery, but this time as a musical!

I can't look away.

Beata