US EditionESO's Very Large Telescope Spots Newfound Protoplanet Sculpting Patterns in a Distant Star's Disc
LUPUS CONSTELLATION, JUL 22 – Astronomers observed a protoplanet twice Jupiter's size actively shaping spiral arms in the disk of star HD 135344B, confirming planet formation theories, ESO said.
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For the first time, a team of astronomers have captured direct indications of a planet in formation immersed in a protoplanetary disk, sculpting in real time the spiral arms that surround it. The finding, led by Francesco Maio of the University of Florence and INAF, has been made possible thanks to the powerful ERIS instrument, installed in the Very Large Telescope of the European Southern Observatory in Chile.The protagonist of this cosmic stor…
A look, 440 light-years deep into space. He shows us not only distant stars, but perhaps the blueprint for our own existence. What astronomers saw now could change our image of creation. read more on t3n.de
A Newborn Planet Sculpting The Dust Around It Witnessed By Astronomers
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – Astronomers may have caught a still-forming planet in action, carving out an intricate pattern in the gas and dust that surrounds its young host star. Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), they observed a planetary disc with prominent spiral arms, finding clear signs of a planet nestled in its […]
A group of astronomers observe how a newborn planet sculpts the dust surrounding it – The Observatorial
An astronomer team has captured images that can correspond to a planet Even in formation that size an intricate pattern in the gas and dust surrounding the young star, the European Observatory Austral (ESO) reported. “We will never witness the training of the Earth, but here, around a young star 440 light years away, we […]
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