University of Hawaii Manoa: Submillimeter Array on Maunakea Illuminates Birth of Planetary System
January 18, 2025
January 18, 2025
MANOA, Hawaii, Jan. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release:
An observatory on Maunakea played a pivotal role in a groundbreaking study that sheds light on the birth and evolution of planetary systems. Using the Submillimeter Array (SMA), an astronomer from the University of Hawaii helped capture crystal-clear images of exocomet belts--regions around stars where icy and rocky objects called exocomets are found.
The study ca . . .
An observatory on Maunakea played a pivotal role in a groundbreaking study that sheds light on the birth and evolution of planetary systems. Using the Submillimeter Array (SMA), an astronomer from the University of Hawaii helped capture crystal-clear images of exocomet belts--regions around stars where icy and rocky objects called exocomets are found.
The study ca . . .