Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NSF NRAO), VLT/SPHERE (ESO), Speedie et al.
ALMA images reveal vast spiral arms in the AB Aurigae circumstellar disk (three rightmost panels), and counterparts observed with VLT/SPHERE (leftmost panel). Astronomers processed the ALMA images to uncover the variations in brightness, temperature, and velocity of the gas.