Posts Tagged ‘protoplanetary disks’
Odd eclipse reveals ‘Saturn on steroids’
U. ROCHESTER (US) — A team of astrophysicists has discovered a Saturn-like ring system in the constellation Centaurus. Continue…
Thursday, January 12, 2012 2:04 - 0 Comments
Science & Technology - Jul 29, 2010 11:08 - 5 Comments
Alien planets dance around dying star
CALTECH/U. FLORIDA (US)—While most extrasolar planets orbit too far from one another to feel each other’s gravity, researchers have found two systems with pairs of gas giant planets locked in an orbital embrace. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 13, 2010 13:25 - 0 Comments
Why track Saturn’s ‘propeller moons’?
CORNELL (US)—Researchers have been tracking what are likely dozens of small moons orbiting within the outer edge of Saturn’s A ring—the outermost of the planet’s large, dense rings—searching for new clues about how planets form and grow around stars in young solar systems. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 14, 2010 11:01 - 0 Comments
First look deep inside infant solar systems
U. ARIZONA (US)—Astronomers have observed in unprecedented detail the processes giving rise to stars and planets in nascent solar systems. (more…)
