A study led by a researcher from the Paris Observatory-PSL within the Laboratory for Instrumentation and Research in Astrophysics (LIRA – CNRS / Sorbonne University / Université Paris Cité) reveals […]
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Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Status Report
Hunting Exomoons With A Kilometric Baseline Interferometer
Despite numerous search campaigns based on a diverse set of observational techniques, exomoons – prospective satellites of extrasolar planets – remain an elusive and hard-to-pin-down class of objects.
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Press Release, Stellar Cartography
Stellar Cartography: The First Close-up Picture Of A Star Outside Our Galaxy
“For the first time, we have succeeded in taking a zoomed-in image of a dying star in a galaxy outside our own Milky Way,” says Keiichi Ohnaka, an astrophysicist from […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astrogeology, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Press Release
Three Iron Rings In A Planet-forming Disk: Clues To Earth’s Formation
A three-ringed structure in the planet-forming zone of a circumstellar disk where metals and minerals serve as a reservoir of planetary building blocks