The ALMA radio telescope array has released its first test images, spectacular views of star formation in the colliding Antennae Galaxies. Orange and yellow patches highlight stellar nurseries that are normally hidden from observing eyes. Views from other instruments — including the Hubble Space Telescope — fill out the blue, white and pink patches of the galaxies, which lie about 80 million light-years away.
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