9 matches found for search term
University of Warwick, exact phrase.
Protoplanet Collision
Astronomers using the ALMA telescope reported in 2021 the first detection of carbon
monoxide (CO) gas in the terrestrial planet region surrounding a young star. Planet
formation models predict that in the last stage of planetary assembly, terrestrial...
Keywords:
... planetoid, press release, protoplanet, University of
Warwick ...
Propeller Star J0240 - V2
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have identified the first eclipsing
magnetic propeller in a cataclysmic variable star system, according to research
forthcoming in the Astrophysical Journal. The system J0240 comprises a highly
magnetic whi...
Keywords:
... gnetism, press release, propeller star, University of
Warwick ...
Dangers of Low-Earth Orbit
Artwork showing two of the potential dangers of low-Earth orbit. Since the late
1950s, the amount of junk in orbit around the Earth has escalated dramatically. The
debris includes pieces of old spacecraft and objects accidentally dropped by
astronaut...
Keywords:
... ft, space craft, space junk, the Earth, University of
Warwick ...
White Dwarf G29-38 Accreting Debris
Artist's impression of a white dwarf, G29-38, accreting planetary material from a
circumstellar debris disk. When the planetary material hits the white dwarf surface,
a plasma is formed and cools via detectable X-ray emission....
Keywords:
... ebris, dust, limb, press release, ring, University of
Warwick, white dwarf, X-ra ...
Planet Collision
Astronomers from the University of Warwick and
Leiden Observatory have observed an even which they believe is the first of its kind
detected - the aftermath of a collision between two planets. The collision caused the
two bodies to merge into a giant...
Keywords:
Adobe Photoshop, astrophysics, Blender 3D, collision, debris, impact, Leiden Obs...
Sandwiched Planets
Researchers from the University of Warwick
commissioned this illustration to support their press release about small planets
forming via a new mechanism. Observations show that protoplanetary discs - pancakes
of gas that surround new stars, inside of...
Keywords:
Adobe Photoshop, astrophysics, Blender 3D, planet formation, press release, prop...
Sandwiched Planets - Portrait
Researchers from the University of Warwick
commissioned this illustration to support their press release about small planets
forming via a new mechanism. Observations show that protoplanetary discs - pancakes
of gas that surround new stars, inside of...
Keywords:
Adobe Photoshop, astrophysics, Blender 3D, planet formation, press release, prop...
White Dwarfs Accreting Debris
Astronomers from the University of Warwick, UK, have
observed a pair of old white dwarf stars, both of which have had their atmospheres
polluted by infalling planetary material. The two stars do not orbit each others and
are not related. One is a coo...
Keywords:
accretion, Adobe Photoshop, asteroids, astrophysics, atmosphere, Blender 3D, pol...
Sandwiched Planets - Landscape
Researchers from the University of Warwick
commissioned this illustration to support their press release about small planets
forming via a new mechanism. Observations show that protoplanetary discs - pancakes
of gas that surround new stars, inside of...
Keywords:
Adobe Photoshop, astrophysics, Blender 3D, planet formation, press release, prop...
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