Detection of titanium oxide and titanium dioxide around the giant star VY Canis Majoris
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - 08:31
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org) —An international team of astronomers, including researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy and from the University of Cologne, discovered two titanium oxides, TiO and TiO2, at radio wavelengths using telescope arrays in the USA and in France. The detection was made in the environment of VY Canis Majoris, a giant star close to the end of its life.