Science Results: Stars And Supernovae
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Disruption of a Planetary System
by Jonathan Marshall & Joan Schmelz
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Evidence for the Disruption of a Planetary System During the Formation of the Helix Nebula
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New Observations of Terahertz Water Masers with SOFIA
By David Neufeld & Joan Schmelz
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Terahertz Water Masers. II. Further SOFIA/GREAT Detections Toward Circumstellar Outflows, and a Multitransition Analysis
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The Age of Westerlund 1 Revisited
By Emma Beasor
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The Age of Westerlund 1 Revisited
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Carbon Dioxide in R Leonis
By José Pablo Fonfría and Joan Schmelz
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Detection of infrared fluorescence of carbon dioxide in R Leonis with SOFIA/EXES
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First Astrophysical Detection of a Very Special Molecule
By Kimberly Ennico Smith
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Astrophysical detection of the helium hydride ion HeH+
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NASA’s SOFIA Finds Missing Link Between Supernovae and Planet Formation
Using NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), an international scientific team discovered that supernovae are capable of producing a substantial amount of the material from which planets like Earth can form. These findings are published in the March 19 online issue of Science magazine. "Our observations reveal a particular cloud produced by a supernova explosion 10,000 years ago contains enough dust to make 7,000 Earths," said Ryan Lau of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. |