ALMA has mapped with unique detail how clouds in another galaxy break into smaller fragments out of which stars will form.The way this happens seems similar to what we see in clouds in our own galaxy. Could this mechanism be universal?More by INAF: http://www.inaf.it/en/inaf-news/alma-witnesses-star-birth-beyond-milky-way A. Traficante et al.#astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #space #science