This is the image the researchers captured.
Here, a zoomed-in shot illustrates one of the forming planets and its disc, PDS 70c, next to the star. New images of the phenomenon are described in a July 22 report in Astrophysical Journal Letters.
The PDS 70 system is marked by the red circle in the constellation Centaurus.
If you were to zoom into that constellation, here’s what a trip through the universe might look like as you move toward PDS 70.
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