Vassar Astronomer Colette Salyk Helps Hubble Team Analyze 'Bat Wing'
June 26, 2020
June 26, 2020
POUGHKEEPSIE, New York, June 26 -- Vassar College issued the following news:
Vassar College Assistant Professor of Astronomy Colette Salyk has been scanning the universe for nascent planets throughout her career. So, when a team of scientists at the Space Telescope Science Institute spotted a flapping, "bat-like shadow" of a fledgling star's planet-forming disk that had been captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, they asked Salyk to help them solve the puzzle.
Vassar College Assistant Professor of Astronomy Colette Salyk has been scanning the universe for nascent planets throughout her career. So, when a team of scientists at the Space Telescope Science Institute spotted a flapping, "bat-like shadow" of a fledgling star's planet-forming disk that had been captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, they asked Salyk to help them solve the puzzle.