Interstellar complex organic molecules (COMs) in solar-like young stellar objects (YSOs), particularly within protostellar disks, are of significant interest due to their potential connection to prebiotic chemistry in emerging planetary […]
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Windswept Grains Hold Clues To A Planet’s Beginnings
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has uncovered a key piece of the puzzle in how rocky planets, such as Earth, form around young stars.
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JWST Observations of Segregated 12CO2 And 13CO2 Ices In Protostellar Envelopes
The evolution of interstellar ices can be studied with thermal tracers such as the vibrational modes of CO2 ice that show great diversity depending on their local chemical and thermal […]
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ALMA Inspires New Models for the Evolution of Planet-Forming Disks
By combining ALMA observations and simulations, the ODISEA team traces how planets may form and reshape their disks.
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A Deep Search For Complex Organic Molecules Toward The Protoplanetary Disk Of V883 Ori
Complex Organic Molecules (COMs) in the form of prebiotic molecules are potentially building blocks of life.
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Observations Of Complex Organic Molecules In The Gas Phase Of The Interstellar Medium
Thanks to the advent of sensitive and broad bandwidth instrumentation, complex organic molecules (COMs) have been found in a wide variety of interstellar environments, not only in our Galaxy but […]
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A Natural Laboratory for Astrochemistry, a Variable Protostar B335
Emission lines from complex organic molecules in B335 were observed in four epochs, spanning a luminosity burst of about 10 years duration.
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JOYS+: Link Between Ice And Gas Of Complex Organic Molecules. Comparing JWST and ALMA Data of Two Low-mass Protostars
A rich inventory of complex organic molecules (COMs) has been observed in high abundances in the gas phase toward Class 0 protostars. These molecules are suggested to be formed in […]
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Astrochemistry Update: Hubble Observes Infant Stars In Molecular Cloud RCW 7
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image presents a visually striking collection of interstellar gas and dust. Named RCW 7, the nebula is located just over 5,300 light-years from Earth in […]
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CH3OH and Its Deuterated Species in the Disk/Envelope System of the Low-Mass Protostellar Source B335
Deuterium fractionation in the closest vicinity of a protostar is important in understanding its potential heritage to a planetary system.