Science February 8, 2013

Direct Infrared Image of an Arm in Disk Demonstrates Transition to Planet Formation

An international team of astronomers led by Satoshi Mayama (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan) and Ruobing Dong (Princeton...

Science January 25, 2013

The Origin and Maintenance of a Retrograde Exoplanet

Astronomers have used the Subaru Telescope to show that the HAT-P-7 planetary system, which is about 1040 light years from Earth in the cons...

Science January 25, 2013

Shedding Light on the Power of M 82’s Superwinds

An international team of astronomers has discovered that outflows of gas from starburst galaxy M 82 collide with a “cap” of gas clouds 40,00...

Science January 7, 2013

ALMA Sheds Light on Planet-Forming Gas Streams - Tantalising signs of flows feeding gas-guzzling giant planets

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope have seen a key stage in the birth of giant planets for ...

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