Summary

Description	New images from the SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope are revealing the dusty discs surrounding nearby young stars in greater detail than previously achieved. They show a bizarre variety of shapes, sizes and structures, including the likely effects of planets still in the process of forming. The video is available in 4K UHD. The ESOcast Light is a series of short videos bringing you the wonders of the Universe in bite-sized pieces. The ESOcast Light episodes will not be replacing the standard, longer ESOcasts, but complement them with current astronomy news and images in ESO press releases. Credit : ESO Editing: Nico Bartmann. Web and technical support: Mathias André and Raquel Yumi Shida. Written by: Stephen Molyneux, Calum Turner and Richard Hook. Music: Jon Kennedy. Footage, photos and data: ESO, UHD Team, M. Kornmesser, H. Avenhaus et al., E. Sissa et al., DARTT-S, SHINE collaborations, H. Avenhaus et al./E. Sissa et al./DARTT-S and SHINE collaborations. Directed by:
Date	2018-04-11
Source	commons.wikimedia.org
Author	ESO

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Attribution: ESO, 2018-04-11