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ALMA telescope spots planet birth in 'milestone' discovery

Clip: 11/8/2014 | 1m 50s

The ALMA telescope in Chile captured the birth of a planet more clearly than ever before.

Using the ALMA radio telescope in Chile, astronomers were able to capture the formation of a new planet, and scientists are observing it happen more clearly than ever before. Hari Sreenivasan reports.

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