
Dusting for the fingerprints of young exoplanets
Exoplanets forming in protoplanetary disks leave an impact on the circumstellar dust.
The Millennium Nucleus on Young Exoplanets and their Moons (YEMS) is an astronomy-informatics multidisciplinary effort funded by Iniciativa Científica Milenio and hosted by four universities in Chile. YEMS scientific objectives involve detecting and characterizing young exoplanets and exomoons to answer the long-standing question of their formation.
Until three decades ago, scientists were skeptical that we would ever be able to find planets outside the solar system (exoplanets). Today, advances in technology and techniques have allowed the discovery of thousands of exoplanets and arrived at the astonishing statistics that most stars in our Galaxy are surrounded by planets. Understanding what makes a planet, when and where, which elements are abundant and which conditions prevail, means understanding its formation history.
The formation of planets and moons are intimately related, which means that moons can help us understand the origin of a planet. Moreover, most of the candidate places to look for life in our Solar System are in the giant planet's moons. Jupiter, for example, is not in the habitable zone but the moons of Jupiter, like Europa, are prime targets to study life.
Information about our multidisciplinary collaboration, our mission, and our philosophy as a science group.
December 5-7, 2022. Concepción, Chile.
YEMS is currently looking for postdocs and students.
List of publications led by or involving YEMS members.
YEMS scientific objectives involve detecting and characterizing young exoplanets and exomoons to answer the long-standing question of their formation and pave the way to explore alternative habitable places.
Exoplanets forming in protoplanetary disks leave an impact on the circumstellar dust.
Satellite systems provide fundamental insights into the formation pathway of their host exoplanets. The detection and monitoring of such satellites is important for us to understand how planets are formed.
Exoplanets forming in protoplanetary disks modify the velocity field of the gas around them, leaving an observable impact on the gas kinematics.
Astronomy relies upon special techniques to study the cosmos. Here we investigate how we can apply new developments in informatics to improve our tools in astrophysics.
YEMS is involved in several projects on outreach, education, multicultural astronomy, and art.
Combines musical art and performance with astrophysics research and talks.
Potentiating intercultural dialogues via astrophysics.
Filling the gap between the frontiers of science and the classroom.
Digital immersive media performance, with participation of YEMS members.
The YEMS Nucleus is born to provide a stage in which young researchers and students can fully develop their potential while producing great science.
Director
Departamento de Física/CIRAS, Universidad de Santiago.
Subdirector
Núcleo de Astrofísica, Universidad Diego Portales.
Associate researcher
Departamento de Ciencias de la Computación, Universidad de Concepción.
Associate researcher
Departamento de Ingeniería Informática/CIRAS, Universidad de Santiago.
Associate researcher
Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Chile.
Associate researcher
Núcleo de Astrofísica, Universidad Diego Portales.
Investigadora adjunta
Departamento de Física/CIRAS, Universidad de Santiago.
FONDECYT/YEMS postdoc
Departamento de Física/CIRAS, Universidad de Santiago.
Investigador joven
Departamento de Ingeniería Informática/CIRAS, Universidad de Santiago.
Estudiante
Departamento de Ingeniería Informática/CIRAS, Universidad de Santiago.
YEMS/CIRAS postdoc
Departamento de Física, Universidad de Santiago.
YEMS/ALMA postdoc
Núcleo de Astronomía, Universidad Diego Portales.
PhD student
Núcleo de Astronomía, Universidad Diego Portales.
PhD student
Núcleo de Astronomía, Universidad Diego Portales.
PhD student
Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Chile.
MSc student
Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Chile.
PhD student
Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Chile.
MSc student
Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Chile.
Undergrad student
Departamento de Física, Universidad de Santiago de Chile.
Master student
Departamento de Ciencias de la Computación, Universidad de Concepción.
Adjunct researcher
Departamento de Ingeniería Informática/CIRAS, Universidad de Santiago.
Adjunct researcher
NRAO/ALMA.
Estudiante
Departamento de Informatica, Universidad de Santiago.
Adjunct researcher
Departamento de Ingeniería Informática/CIRAS, Universidad de Santiago.
Personal Administrativo
Communications officer
YEMS is a multi-institutional center involving Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Universidad Diego Portales, Universidad de Chile, and Universidad de Concepción. YEMS is funded by ANID—Millennium Science Initiative Program Center Code NCN2021_080.
Image and HTML credits: Artist's impression of exomoon Kepler-1625b by ESA/Hubble. ALMA image of protoplanetary disk HD169142 by N. Lira - ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); S. Perez - USACH. Image of Europa by NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute. We are thankful to html5up for the "Story" template.