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Writer & musician. 19th novel The Transcendent Tide out now. Tombstoning, The Ossians and Ghost Notes all out in 2026. Album Crow Hill out now.
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Direct evidence for magnetohydrodynamic disk winds driving rotating outflows in protostar HOPS 358

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By Chul-Hwan Kim, Jeong-eun Lee, Doug Johnstone, Chin-Fei Lee, Patrick Sheehan, Gregory J. Herczeg, Logan Francis
| Nature Verified
Abstract Angular momentum removal is a fundamental requirement for star and planet formation, yet the mechanisms driving this process remain debated. Magnetohydrodynamic disk winds, launched along magnetic field lines from extended disk regions, offer a promising solution, particularly in regions where magnetorotational turbulence is weak.
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Jupiter-like uniform metal enrichment in a system of multiple giant exoplanets - Nature Astronomy

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By Jerry W. Xuan, Eve Lee, William Balmer, Quinn M. Konopacky, Marshall Perrin, Heather Knutson, Thomas Greene, Doug Johnstone, Jarron M. Leisenring, Michael Meyer, Jean-Baptiste Ruffio, Aurora Kesseli
| Nature Verified
Abstract The accretion of icy and rocky solids during the formation of a gas-giant planet is poorly constrained and challenging to model. Refractory species, like sulfur, are present only in solids in the protoplanetary disk where planets form. Measuring their abundance in planetary atmospheres is one of the most direct ways of constraining the extent and mechanism of solid accretion.
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Accretion bursts crystallize silicates in a planet-forming disk - Nature

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By Jeong-eun Lee, Young-Jun Kim, SeonJae Lee, Giseon Baek, Doug Johnstone, Mihwa Jin
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Abstract Crystalline silicates form at high temperatures (>900 K) (refs. 1,2). Their presence in comets3,4,5,6 suggests that high-temperature dust processing occurred in the early Solar System and was subsequently transported outwards to comet-forming regions. However, direct evidence for this crystallization and redistribution in Sun-like protostars has remained unknown. By comparing James Webb Space Telescope mid-infrared spectra of the periodically bursting protostar EC 53 (ref.
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