17 June 2019
Filling in the gaps of Jupiter-like planet formation
..., as scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have captured a new high-resolution image of a protoplanetary disk with unusual ring features. The usual wide and smooth ring that astronomers usually expect to see...
06 April 2020
Planets can form second atmospheres rich in CO, new study shows
...Myr) and much more massive and hydrogen rich protoplanetary disks which provided the blanket of material to kick-...accreted on to a terrestrial exoplanet milling around in the disk. In disks that were slightly more massive, enough carbon dioxide (CO)...
02 February 2016
First detected hot corino in Orion sheds light on low-mass star formation processes
..., it is suggested that the COMs are predominantly associated to the protostellar envelope and not to a protostellar disk (progenitors of the protoplanetary disks observed at later stages) and are released in the warm inner envelope around the central...
20 April 2020
New research shows interstellar visitor 21/Borisov is not your average comet
... turned out to be a more traditional type of comet; a condensed ball of gas, ice and dust that formed in a star’s protoplanetary disk during the formation of its planets and has remained relatively unchanged since. This ancient relic, and...
03 July 2019
New study reveals detailed exoplanet atmosphere
... of characteristics – its location, size and chemical make-up – has led Benneke and colleagues to surmise that the protoplanetary disk that Gliese 3470 b grew from dissipated before the planet could bulk up further, thus stopping the...
15 February 2016
Astronomers provide new insights into planet formation around binary stars
... in a cluster of young stars known as the Scorpius- Centaurus Association. Embedded in the outer reaches of the protoplanetary disk, the researchers discovered a striking crescent-shape region of dust that is conspicuously devoid of gas. "This binary...
