"We can see, for the first time, rings of dust surrounding protoplanets made visible by the bright starlight reflecting off ...

Developing sharper images of protoplanets and the dust around them is key to understanding how planets and their moons form, according to the research team. Although the planets in PSD 70 already ...

Using the Magellan Adaptive Optics Xtreme (MagAO-X) instrument, astronomers captured detailed images of young planets orbiting the star PDS 70, revealing compact dust rings that may form moons.