Using images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers have discovered never-before-seen structures within a dusty disc surrounding a nearby star. The fast-moving wave-like features in the disc of the star AU Microscopii are unlike anything ever observed, or even predicted, before now. The origin and nature of these features present a new mystery for astronomers to explore. The results are published in the journal Nature on 8 October 2015.
The release, images and videos are available on:
http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1521/
Kind regards,
ESA/Hubble Information Centre
The ESO Education and Public Outreach Department
7 October 2015
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30 September 2015: The 18th issue of the Communicating Astronomy with the Public journal is out now!
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