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Sharper image: Optics instrument reveals pictures of 'baby planets'

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Astronomers at the University of Arizona made observations that reveal unprecedented details of planets when they are young.

The observations show for the first time compact rings of dust surrounding the "baby planets," which will likely give rise to moons.

With a deformable mirror that changes its shape quickly, MagAO-X corrects for atmospheric distortion in a way reminiscent of how noise-cancelling headphones filter out noise.

MagAO-X will continue to search for more protoplanets around other young stars.

"As technology improves we should discover more such systems in the near future," says Laird Close .

"We can always build larger telescopes on the ground than in space," says researcher Jared Males .

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