Context. Nonthermal desorption from interstellar ices induced by X-rays, known as X-ray photodesorption, is a possible route to explain gas phase molecules detected in protoplanetary disks. However, the efficiency of […]
Astronomy & Astrophysics
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Interstellar Dust Measured In Situ by Ulysses
Impacts of interstellar dust (ISD) grains on the Ulysses spacecraft allowed for the first successful in situ measurement of ISD (Grün et al. 1993).
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CARMENES Data: Earth-like Planets Especially Common Around Low-mass Stars
According to the latest studies led by Heidelberg University astronomers, low-mass stars quite often host Earth-like planets. Data collected as part of the CARMENES project were the basis of this […]