SPHERE’s stunning space images reveal where new planets are forming
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The SPHERE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope captured extraordinary images of 51 debris disks around young stars, revealing dusty structures where planetesimals collide and create dust that shows where new planets are forming. These detailed observations of 161 nearby star systems discovered ring and belt patterns similar to our solar system's asteroid and Kuiper belts, with some structures suggesting hidden planets sculpting the dust through their gravitational influence.
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