ESO Caught First Clear Image of PDS 70b (IMAGE)

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ESO Caught First Clear Image of PDS 70b

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The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope caught the first clear image of a forming planet, PDS 70b, around a dwarf star in 2018. The planet stands out as a bright point to the right of the center of the image, which is blacked out by the coronagraph mask used to block the light of the central star.

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Credits: ESO, VLT, André B. Müller (ESO)

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