by Michael Hammer | Nov 15, 2018 | Daily Paper Summaries
It is difficult to tell if planets embedded in their natal protoplanetary disks are migrating closer to their stars. The authors of today’s paper devise a new observational signature to figure that out.
by Emma Foxell | Oct 15, 2018 | Daily Paper Summaries
Planets form from protoplanetary disks. How they can be heavier on average than the disks is questioning our theories of planet formation.
by Joanna Ramasawmy | Aug 24, 2018 | Daily Paper Summaries
A series of papers between two research groups, investigating the nature of an unusual distant galaxy.
by Jamila Pegues | Aug 23, 2018 | Daily Paper Summaries
With the awesome power of ALMA, scientists have observed a variety of dust gaps in protoplanetary disks. In today’s astrobite, we explore how these gaps might be related to planet formation.
by Emily Sandford | Jun 18, 2018 | Daily Paper Summaries
We’ve strongly suspected they’re there. A new method promises to prove it.
by Joanna Ramasawmy | Apr 20, 2018 | Daily Paper Summaries
Using super high resolution data from ALMA and the VLA, the authors of this paper resolve star formation in active galaxies — and find that active galactic nuclei are embedded inside central star-forming regions.