Illustrations

Illustrations for science

Artist's impression of a massive star-forming region, with the planet-forming disk XUE-1 in the foreground. The image has been released for the discovery of water and other relevant molecules in the innermost regions of a planet-forming disk in a UV-drenched region, opening up the possibility of Earth-like planets forming in harsh environments. The structure near the disk represents the molecules and dust the researchers found in their new observations. Read the full press release at https://www.mpia.de/news/science/2023-16-xue-terrestrial-planets (Fortuna and Ramírez-Tannus 2023, CC BY-NC 4.0)

Planet formation in hostile environments.

A portrait of the hottest exoplanet: Day-to-night winds blow iron gas across the terminator of KELT-9b (Fortuna and Pino 2022, CC BY-NC 4.0)

Fortuna and Chisari (2022), CC BY-NC; CMB background © ESA and Planck Collaboration.

Fortuna and Chisari (2022), CC BY-NC 4.0.

A schematic picture of the different terms that arise when correlating pairs of galaxy shapes (shown as ellipses) or a combination of galaxy positions (shown as a dot) and galaxy shapes. In the picture, "G" are the gravitationally aligned galaxies due to galaxy lensing, "I" are the intrinsically aligned galaxies, while "g" stands for the galaxy positions. Revisitation upon Fortuna (2021), Galaxy alignments from multiple angles.

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