ALMA mapped the giant edge-on disk of Gomez's Hamburger, catching carbon-monoxide gas stretching nearly 1,000 AU from the young star. The study, published in the Astrophysical Journal today (https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/space/newsid=70456.php), pins a one-sided sulfur-monoxide arc on the dense clump GoHam b, a candidate for the earliest visible stage of a giant planet taking shape far from its star.
Source: https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/space/newsid=70456.php
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