Hubble and VLT Images of the Disc Around AU Microscopii (IMAGE)

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Hubble and VLT Images of the Disc Around AU Microscopii

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Using images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and ESO's Very Large Telescope, astronomers have discovered fast-moving wave-like features in the dusty disc around the nearby star AU Microscopii. These odd structures are unlike anything ever observed, or even predicted, before now.

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ESO, NASA & ESA

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