ALMA Reveals Carbon-Rich, Organic Birth Environments of Planets

22/02/2024 6 min Episodio 54
ALMA Reveals Carbon-Rich, Organic Birth Environments of Planets

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An international collaboration of scientists using ALMA has completed the most extensive chemical composition mapping of the protoplanetary disksaround five nearby young stars at high resolution, producing images that capture the molecular composition associated with planetary births, and a roadmap for future studies of the makeup of planet- and comet-forming regions.