Tag Archive for 'AS 209'

Artist’s impression of an infant star still surrounded by a protoplanetary disk in which planets are forming. Image credit: L. Calçada / ESO.

ALMA Spots Circumplanetary Disk around Young Star AS 209

Aug 9, 2022 by News Staff

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have detected the emission from 13CO — measure of the molecular gas distribution...

ALMA Detects Various Organic Molecules in Five Protoplanetary Disks

Sep 15, 2021 by News Staff

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have mapped out 18 organic and inorganic molecules in protoplanetary disks around...

Giant Exoplanet Creates Gaps in Protoplanetary Disk around Young Star AS 209

Mar 6, 2018 by Natali Anderson

Nestled in the Ophiuchus star-forming region, approximately 410 light-years from the Sun, a fascinating protoplanetary disk around the young star AS 209...