Spatially resolving the volatile sulfur abundance in the HD 100546 protoplanetary disc

L Keyte, M Kama, KJ Chuang, LI Cleeves… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Volatile elements play a crucial role in the formation of planetary systems. Their abundance
and distribution in protoplanetary discs provide vital insights into the connection between …

Oxygen-bearing organic molecules in comet 67P's dusty coma: First evidence for abundant heterocycles

N Hänni, K Altwegg, D Baklouti, M Combi… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
The puzzling complexity of terrestrial biomolecules is driving the search for complex organic
molecules in the interstellar medium (ISM) and serves as a motivation for many in situ …

SO2 and OCS toward high-mass protostars-A comparative study of ice and gas

JC Santos, ML van Gelder, P Nazari, A Ahmadi… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Context. OCS and SO 2 are both major carriers of gaseous sulfur and are the only sulfurated
molecules detected in interstellar ices to date. They are thus the ideal candidates for …

A major asymmetric ice trap in a planet-forming disk-IV. Nitric oxide gas and a lack of CN tracing sublimating ices and a C/O ratio< 1

M Leemker, AS Booth, EF van Dishoeck… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. Most well-resolved disks observed with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter
Array (ALMA) show signs of dust traps. These dust traps set the chemical composition of the …

N2 accretion, metamorphism of organic nitrogen, or both processes likely contributed to the origin of Pluto's N2

CR Glein - Icarus, 2023 - Elsevier
Molecular nitrogen (N 2) plays a profound role in supporting processes on the surface and in
the atmosphere of Pluto, yet the origin of Pluto's N 2 remains a mystery. However, this may …

Chemical habitability: Supply and retention of life's essential elements during planet formation

S Krijt, M Kama, M McClure, J Teske, EA Bergin… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Phosphorus and Sulfur (CHNOPS) play key roles in
the origin and proliferation of life on Earth. Given the universality of physics and chemistry …

Complex organosulfur molecules on comet 67P: Evidence from the ROSINA measurements and insights from laboratory simulations

A Mahjoub, K Altwegg, MJ Poston, M Rubin… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The ROSINA (Rosetta Orbiter Spectrometer for Ion and Neutral Analysis) instrument aboard
the Rosetta mission revolutionized our understanding of cometary material composition …

Sublimation of volatiles from H2O: CO2 bulk ices in the context of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko-I. N2 and CO

KA Kipfer, NFW Ligterink, M Rubin, K Altwegg… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Context. Comets are considered to be remnants from the formation of the Solar System.
ESA's Rosetta mission targeted comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and was able to …

Meteorite Parent Body Aqueous Alteration Simulations of Interstellar Residue Analogs

D Qasim, HL McLain, JC Aponte… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Some families of carbonaceous chondrites are rich in prebiotic organics that may have
contributed to the origin of life on Earth and elsewhere. However, the formation and …

Comprehensive laboratory constraints on thermal desorption of interstellar ice analogues

F Kruczkiewicz, F Dulieu, AV Ivlev, P Caselli… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Context. Gas accretion and sublimation in various astrophysical conditions are crucial
aspects of our understanding of the chemical evolution of the interstellar medium. To explain …