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An international research team involving scientists from the University of Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, and the Paris Observatory has just revealed the chemical composition of a rotating matter disk around a young low-mass star known as ISO-ChaI-147. The spectrum revealed by the MIRI (Mid-Infrared Disk Survey (MINDS)) instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) shows the richest hydrocarbon chemistry observed to date in a protoplanetary disk—a total of 13 different carbon molecules.

These results, published in the journal Science on Thursday, June 6, have been the subject of several press releases.

To read the press releases:

https://esawebb.org/news/weic2416/
https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/webb-finds-plethora-of-carbon-molecules-around-young-star/
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Webb/Webb_finds_surprising_ingredients_around_young_star
https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2024/news-2024-121