Seeing into the heart of planetary systems
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - 04:56
in Astronomy & Space
Using four of the world's largest telescopes, scientists have obtained the most detailed information yet from the regions around two young stars tens of light years away, finding compact discs of rocky and dusty material at distances comparable to that from the Earth to the Sun. Keele University astronomer Dr Rachel Smith will present the team's results on Wednesday 14th April at the RAS National Astronomy Meeting (NAM 2010) in Glasgow...