The presence of asymmetries and substructures in protoplanetary disks, revealed by both dust and gas emission, highlights the potential interplay and the broader connection between chemistry and dynamics in disk […]
exoALMA
Posted inAstrogeology, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Status Report
exoALMA XX: Tomographic Detection of Embedded Planets in Protoplanetary Disks
The exoALMA Large Program has revealed a wealth of substructures in the dust and molecular line emission of several protoplanetary discs, suggesting that planet formation may unfold within highly dynamic […]
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Warped Protoplanetary Discs Reshape Ideas About How Planets Form
The textbook picture of how planets form – serene, flat discs of cosmic dust – has just received a significant cosmic twist. New research, published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, […]