Astronomers have captured a remarkably clear image of a Triple Star System in its early stages of development by the ALMA telescope.

According to Gizmodo, the image is providing a fresh insight into the existence of multi-star systems; the triple star system was in the midst of forming when the image was captured.

The protostar system is called L1448 IRS3B, and it is believed to be less than 1,500 years old. With three young stars entrenched within it consists of a spiral protostellar disk.

This is supposed to be the best image captured of the nascent triple star system. It goes without saying that the ALMA telescope has made this possible.

The previous observations were pretty much lesser when compared to the present capture. By featuring twice the resolution it nearly has ten times the sensitivity.

Multi-star systems emerge from the swirling mass of gas and dust within a protostellar disk, the latest image brings astronomers to a conclusion that there are two ways in which a multi-star can emerge.

In the new study by the University of Oklahoma astronomer John Tobin stated that the system recently experienced a period of gravitational turmoil, this results in the birth of at least one of the three stars.

The formations of these systems seem to be complex they swirl and gather material around them and eventually burst out into a full-fledged star as per Tech Site.

These disks are similar to proto-planetary and are typically found around more evolved young stars, to understand the depth of the triple star system a detailed high resolution investigation will be conducted with the help of the ALMA telescope.

It will enable further understanding of the structure and the way it rotates. Discoveries in space take a long time because it requires calculation in order to get the result.

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