Sharpest-Ever Image of Infant Planets

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First-Ever Clear Images of Baby Planets Shock Scientists

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Astronomers have captured the sharpest-ever images of infant planets forming around a distant star.

Using the cutting-edge Magellan Adaptive Optics Xtreme (MagAO-X) system, researchers studied two protoplanets orbiting the young star PDS 70 , located 370 light-years away in the constellation Centaurus .

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