The complex inner disk of the Herbig Ae star HD 100453 with VLTI/MATISSE
The episode discusses a paper detailing the complex inner disk of Herbig Ae star HD 100453 observed with VLTI/MATISSE. Hosts discuss how this study reveals that the disk is not smoothly evolving but exhibits variability driven by localized events, which forces a shift from simple models to treating the disk as a complex chemical reactor requiring coupled modeling of chemistry and dynamics.