Olivier Absil
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Olivier Absil
@AbsilOli
professional astronomer at ULiège • exoplanet imaging, infrared instrumentation, image processing, machine learning

The star, ISO-Chal 147, is just one to two million years old. The 13 different carbon-bearing molecules Webb detected within its planet-forming disk include the first detection of ethane outside of our solar system, as well as ethylene, propyne, and more.






Follow the ammonia trail to #exoplanets, say researchers including @C_Patapis and @adiglauser in a paper just published in @Nature. Here's the link to the article: nature.com/articles/s4158… And here's our news piece: phys.ethz.ch/news-and-event… #JWST #astrophysics @ETH_en

A team of scientists has successfully measured the isotopes of #ammonia in the atmosphere of #WISEJ1828. This study demonstrates that the isotopic abundance of ammonia can be used to study the formation of giant gas planets. @Nature psilab.uliege.be/cms/c_12060424…


@rareflwr41 @davidwhogg @astroriley @katestoreyfish I'm going to draft some text and start contacting IAU folks if anyone wants to help


















