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First complex molecule detected in a protoplanetary disk!

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Check out the Nature paper reporting the results, the accompanying News and Views , the NRAO press release , and some media coverage from the Washington Post , Discovery and på svenska . (Image credit Bill Saxton /NSF /AUI /NRAO)

ALMA Captures Stirred-Up Planet Factory

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In recent years, high resolution observations of dust structures have revolutionized our understanding of planet formation. However, this new image of the gas indicates that the current view of planet formation is still too simplistic and that it might be...

Congratulations to Jenny Bergner 2019 IAU Prize Winner!

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The IAU PhD Prize recognises outstanding scientific achievements of astronomy PhD students around the world. Each of the IAU’s nine divisions awards a prize to the candidate it feels has carried out the most remarkable work in the previous year. Division...

Cosmology, Creation, and Extra-Terrestrials @ Seton Hall

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The University Core (along with Catholic Studies , the Department of Religion , and Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology ) proudly sponsored a talk last Thursday afternoon, October 24, by Dr. Karin Oberg, Astronomy Professor at Harvard...

The evolving chemistry of protoplanetary disks

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Planets form from the gas and dust in disks that surround young stars. Chemicals in the disk that evaporate easily, called volatiles, include important molecules like water, carbon monoxide, nitrogen, as well as other simple organic molecules. The amount...

Planets Form in Organic Soups with Different Ingredients

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Cambridge, MA -- Astronomers have mapped out the chemicals inside of planetary nurseries in extraordinary detail. The newly unveiled maps reveal the locations of dozens of molecules within five protoplanetary disks — regions of dust and gas where planets...

Alessandra Canta receives 2021 Captain Jonathan Fay Prize

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The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study is pleased to announce the 2021 recipients of the Captain Jonathan Fay Prize. The three winners were selected from among 74 Harvard College seniors awarded the Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize by the Faculty of Arts...