Finding young exoplanets with machine learning
Astronomers have a challenging task ahead of them — to find young exoplanets in protoplanetary disks. Machine Learning could potentially come to the rescue.
Interview with Prof. Alicia Aarnio, Assistant Professor and AAS WGAD Founding Member
An interview with Professor Alicia Aarnio, founding member of AAS WGAD, talking about her stellar science, and the joy and rage of navigating science with a disability.
Young, cool, and on edge — an unstable protoplanetary disk
Is it possible to detect gravitational instability in a protoplanetary disk that is viewed edge-on? Today’s authors investigate the young disk around L1527 IRS.
Planets go “weeee!”
When planets form, where should they move? Towards their host star? In the other direction? The authors of today’s paper show that this is not obvious!
A planet says ‘Hi!’ with its shocking spiral arms
Some things are really hard to observe, but we still can study them using computer simulations! Today’s paper will show you how people study planets-driven spiral arms!
Psst… Forbidden Secrets in Windy Protoplanetary Disks
Forbidden emission lines can trace photoevaporative winds in protoplanetary disks. What will those lines reveal? Find out in today’s guest post!