The most prominent of the IRAS debris disk systems, α Lyrae (Vega), at a distance of 7.7 pc, has been observed by both the NIRCam and MIRI instruments on the […]
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Deepest Limits On Scattered Light Emission From The Epsilon Eridani Inner Debris Disk With HST/STIS
Epsilon Eridani (ϵ Eri) is one of the first debris disk systems detected by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS).
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Processing of Hydrocarbon Dust In Star-forming Galaxies Revealed With AKARI
Hydrocarbon dust is one of the dominant components of interstellar dust, which mainly consists of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and aliphatic hydrocarbons. While hydrocarbon dust is thought to be processed in […]