Imaging the Birth of a Planet

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In discussion with Astronomer Anthony Bocaletti from the Observatoire de Paris who will tell us about the incredible of the young star AB Aurigae revealed by the European Southern Observatory last week. These new observations collected with a cutting-edge adaptive optics system reveal complex features around the young star including a twist that marks the site where a planet may be forming. Together with SETI Institute senior astronomer Franck Marchis, Bocaletti will explain how astronomers get crucial clues on the formation of exoplanets from this kind of image.