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Image of the HD 169142 system showing the signal of the forming planet HD 169142 b (around 11 o'clock), as well as a bright spiral arm resulting from the dynamic interaction between the planet and the disc in which it is located. The signal from the star, 100,000 times brighter than the planet, was subtracted by a combination of optical components and image processing (mask in the centre of the image). Observations at different times show the planet advancing in its orbit over time. Image obtained with ESO's VLT/SPHERE instrument. CREDIT V.Chrisitaens / ULiège

HD 169142 b, The Third Protoplanet Confirmed To Date

by SpaceRef EditorApril 12, 2023July 15, 2024

An international team of researchers from the University of Liège (Belgium) and Monash University (Australia) has just published the results of the analysis of data from the SPHERE instrument of […]

Artist's illustration of a gamma-ray burst resulting from a collapsing stars, ejecting particles and radiation in a narrow jet. CREDIT Soheb Mandhai

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The Brightest Explosion Ever Seen

by SpaceRef EditorMarch 30, 2023July 15, 2024

This series of images, taken with the MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, shows the evolution of the cloud of debris that was ejected when NASA’s DART spacecraft collided with the asteroid Dimorphos

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by SpaceRef EditorMarch 21, 2023July 15, 2024

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VLTI Detects Exozodiacal Light

by SpaceRef EditorNovember 3, 2014July 15, 2024