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#TachyonBeam #astronomy #protostars #ENDTRANZ

An article published in "The Astrophysical Journal" reports the results of a study that has identified an important part of the planetary formation process. A team of researchers has discovered a transition zone where gas becomes a part of a planet-forming disk using the ALMA radio telescope. This zone was called ENDTRANZ (Envelope Disk Transition Zone) and was located around the protostar L1527 IRS.

https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2026/05/05/an-important-phase-of-planet-formation-process-has-been-identified/

An important phase of planet formation process has been identified

An article published in 'The Astrophysical Journal' reports the results of a study that has identified an important part of the planetary formation process. A...

Vibewire Magazine Apr 15

‘Interstellar Glaciers’: NASA’s SPHEREx Maps Vast Galactic Ice Regions http://dlvr.it/TS3HCs #Astrophysics #JetPropulsionLaboratory #Nebulae #Protostars

NASA [Unofficial]Apr 15

‘Interstellar Glaciers’: NASA’s SPHEREx Maps Vast Galactic Ice Regions

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nasa.gov/missions/spherex/interstellar-glaciers-nasas-spherex-maps-vast-galactic-ice-regions/

German Virtual Observatory Apr 12

New in the #VirtualObservatory: “NIRCAm photometric properties of ONC disks” by Amiot P. et al.
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/708/A111
#Protostars #StellarRadii #InfraredPhotometry

VizieR J/A+A/708/A111

VizieR catalogues

Daniel Fischer Apr 4

ALMA Band 9 CO(6–5) Reveals a Warm Ring Structure Associated with the Embedded Protostar in the Cold Dense Core MC 27/L1521F: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae47ec -> Using ALMA, astronomers observe #protostars producing rings of gas and magnetic flux as they grow: https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/researches/view/385

ALMA Band 9 CO(6–5) Reveals a Warm Ring Structure Associated with the Embedded Protostar in the Cold Dense Core MC 27/L1521F

ALMA Band 9 CO(6–5) Reveals a Warm Ring Structure Associated with the Embedded Protostar in the Cold Dense Core MC 27/L1521F, Tokuda, Kazuki, Omura, Mitsuki, Harada, Naoto, Shoshi, Ayumu, Fukaya, Naofumi, Onishi, Toshikazu, Tachihara, Kengo, Saigo, Kazuya, Matsumoto, Tomoaki, Fukui, Yasuo, Kawamura, Akiko, Machida, Masahiro N.

NASA [Unofficial]Jan 27

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Finds Crystal-Spewing Protostar

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasas-james-webb-space-telescope-finds-crystal-spewing-protostar/

NASA Jan 27

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Finds Crystal-Spewing Protostar https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasas-james-webb-space-telescope-finds-crystal-spewing-protostar/ #NASA #Protostars

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Finds Crystal-Spewing Protostar - NASA

The NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured the actively forming protostar EC 53 (circled at left) in the Serpens Nebula

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Scientific Frontline Jan 24

Researchers have definitively identified nitrous oxide (N₂O), commonly known as "laughing gas," within the solid ice mantles coating dust particles around young #protostars
#Astrophysics #Astrochemistry #Astronomy #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/asph01242601.html

UrFU Researchers Discovered “Laughing Gas” in Interstellar Ices around Protostars

More than 300 different molecules have been identified in the gas clouds that form stars and planets

NASA [Unofficial]Jan 21

NASA Webb Finds Young Sun-Like Star Forging, Spewing Common Crystals

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasa-webb-finds-young-sun-like-star-forging-spewing-common-crystals/

NASA Jan 21

NASA Webb Finds Young Sun-Like Star Forging, Spewing Common Crystals https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasa-webb-finds-young-sun-like-star-forging-spewing-common-crystals/ #NASA #Astrophysics #GoddardSpaceFlightCenter #JamesWebbSpaceTelescopeJWST #Protostars #ScienceResearch #Stars #TheUniverse

NASA Webb Finds Young Sun-Like Star Forging, Spewing Common Crystals

Astronomers have long sought evidence to explain why comets at the outskirts of our own solar system contain crystalline silicates, since crystals require

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