What drives chemistry in a protoplanetary disk?
Tracking disk chemistry is complicated. Can machine learning make it easier?
Tracking disk chemistry is complicated. Can machine learning make it easier?
In this post, we explore the use of modern telescopes to identify and study Young Stellar Objects in the Chamaeleon Cloud Complex – a star-forming region in the Chamaeleon constellation. YSOs exhibit an infrared excess due to the presence of cooler circumstellar matter. By analyzing their Spectral Energy Distribution, we can gain insights into the rate at which stars form and the factors that govern this process. Using GAIA parameters, such as parallax and proper motion, we can refine the list of known young stars and identify new ones. Our results demonstrate the power of modern telescopes in unlocking the mysteries of star formation.
Magnetic field lines of protoplanetary disks can tangle up like hair! Today’s bite presents exciting observations of such tangled field lines.
The number of super-Earths with small semimajor axis appears to decrease with the mass of the host star. How can this be, if more massive stars have more massive protoplanetary disks and thus more material to build planets from? An icy dead zone may be the answer to this riddle!
Prof. Willy Kley, a pioneer in the field of protoplanetary disks, unexpectedly died in December 2021. Today’s post commemorates Willy’s legacy and summarizes a scientific conference that was held in memory of Willy in the beginning of August.
Today’s authors have witnessed the tumultuous birth of a massive planet on the outskirts of its star system.