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PlanetS in Grindelwald
At the second General Assembly of the NCCR PlanetS the members presented project highlights and discussed future interdisciplinary ventures. “People were interacting a lot”, says NCCR scientific officer Yann Alibert: “The meeting was very successful although packed and quite exhausting.” “This is it”, summarized PlanetS director Willy Benz: “The one time in the year where […]
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HD 69830, K0V, mv=5.95 HD 69830 is a planetary system about 41 light-years away, in the northeastern part of the constellation of Puppis (the Poop Deck). The central star is a yellow dwarf, about 7 to 9 billion year old, that is slightly smaller than the Sun (90% of its radius and 86% of its […]
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Continue ReadingWeather on an Exo-Neptune
Image at 7 mm wavelength of the dusty disk wholesale jerseys around the star HD 169142 obtained with the Very Large Array (VLA) at 7 mm wavelength. The positions of the protoplanet candidates are L’aveu marked with plus signs (+) (Osorio et al. 2014, ApJ, 791, L36). The insert in the upper right corner shows, […]
Continue ReadingBaby-planets around a nearby star
This graphic is an artist’s conception of the young massive star HD100546 and its surrounding disk. Image Credit: P. of Marenfeld & NOAO/AURA/NSF An international team including ETH scientists has discovered for new evidence that planets are forming around a star about 335 light years from Earth. The team found emission from carbon monoxide molecules […]
Continue ReadingFormation of a planetary system
Image at 7 mm wavelength of the dusty disk around the star HD 169142 obtained with the Very Large Array (VLA) at 7 mm wavelength. The positions of the protoplanet candidates are marked with plus signs (+) (Osorio, M. et al. 2014, ApJ, Para 791, L36). The insert in the upper right corner shows, at […]
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