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18 Sep 2020 | Press Release

A joint team of astronomers including a member of HKU’s Laboratory for Space Research, captured stellar winds in unprecedented detail

The observations were taken with the ALMA telescope in the Atacama desert, Chile. The images were made at the ALMA Regional Centre of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, The University of Manchester.

The observations were taken with the ALMA telescope in the Atacama desert, Chile. The images were made at the ALMA Regional Centre of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, The University of Manchester.

A joint team of astronomers including a member of HKU’s Laboratory for Space Research, captured stellar winds in unprecedented detail

港大太空研究實驗室成員夥拍天文學家團隊首次成功捕捉到星風的清晰影像

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