JWST offers new insights into the vertical structure of this protoplanetary disc, special for the ambient emitting background that provides a back-light. Find out what the JEDIce program has discovered!
Astronomers have observed the abundance of heavy water (D2O) in the V883 Ori disc, providing a crucial insight into the history of water – with some implications for Earth’s water and maybe more…
In today’s post, guest author Matheus Bernini Peron explains how UV radiation from neighboring stars can hamper giant planet formation.
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are small molecules consisting of rings of carbons, ubiquitous in the interstellar medium. However, PAHs do not seem to be present in protoplanetary disks around the youngest stars. Today’s paper tries to understand why that is.
Planets should form aligned with their host protoplanetary discs. So why does this star have a planet and disc that aren’t at all in line?
The discovery of the planet LHS 3154b outside of our solar system suggests that state-of-the-art models of planet formation are flawed.