{"id":38907,"date":"2025-08-01T08:06:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T08:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/38907\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T08:06:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T08:06:20","slug":"eris-spots-spiral-disc-around-young-star-photo-of-the-day-for-july-31-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/38907\/","title":{"rendered":"ERIS spots spiral disc around young star photo of the day for July 31, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stars are born in clouds of dust and gas, and around them, planets slowly begin to take shape. Astronomers have long theorized how planets form <\/a>from these swirling discs, but capturing this process in action is a rare and challenging process. Thanks to telescopes like the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT<\/a>), scientists are able to monitor what happens much more closely.<\/p>\n

What is it?<\/p>\n

Thanks to the VLT’s ERIS<\/a> (Enhanced Resolution Imager and Spectrograph) instrument, astronomers in Chile, where the Very Large Telescope is based, are able to see the young star HD 135344B in high resolution<\/a>. With this technology, they have found that the spiral disc around the young star may be shaped by a candidate planet, or protoplanet<\/a>, which is circled in white in the image.<\/p>\n

Where is it?<\/p>\n

The star HD 135344B is around 440 light-years away<\/a> from Earth.<\/p>\n

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The circled area in the image is of a candidate planet or protoplanet orbiting the young star. (Image credit: ESO\/F. Maio et al.)Why is it amazing?<\/p>\n

In the image, the star HD 135344B is masked by a coronagraph<\/a>, a tool used to block the light of a star to see what objects might be near it. Thanks to the coronagraph, astronomers were able to catch a bright spot, which they believe could be a young planet still forming within the spiral disc.<\/p>\n

By continuing to monitor young star systems like this one, astronomers can better understand the processes that helped our solar system<\/a> take shape.<\/p>\n

Want to learn more?<\/p>\n

You can read more about planet formation<\/a> and the Very Large Telescope. <\/a><\/p>\n

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