Astronomers have captured the sharpest-ever images of infant planets forming around a distant star, revealing unexpected ...

With a sun more than 4.5 billion years old, our solar system is considered "middle-aged," and the pictures of what it might ...

Astronomers using a cutting-edge adaptive optics instrument, MagAO-X, have captured unprecedented images of young planets orbiting the star PDS 70. These "baby planets" are surrounded by dust rings ...

An advanced imaging system developed at the University of Arizona boasts a shape-shifting mirror that delivers observing ...