An international team of astronomers has unveiled groundbreaking findings about the disks of gas and dust surrounding nearby young stars, using the powerful Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA).
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Modeling the Impact of Moderate External UV Irradiation on Disk Chemistry
The chemistry within a protoplanetary disk is greatly affected by external radiation from the local stellar environment.