Astronomers Capture Sharp Images of Young Planets Orbiting 370-Light-Year-Star
The University of Arizona’s Magellan Adaptive Optics Xtreme (MagAO-X) instrument, combined with a six-and-a-half meter ground-based telescope, has successfully imaged protoplanets in sharp detail. The team captured images of the PDS 70 planetary system, revealing characteristics of planets in their early stages of development. For the first time, astronomers observed these planets glowing H-alpha as … Read more