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 release, images and videos are available on: 
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1811/ 
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			 Interview with: Luigi Guzzo 
		
		
		6 April 2018: ESO’s telescopes are used to study everything from the tiny dust particles spinning around distant suns to the large-scale structure of galaxies. The Very Large Telescope has recently undertaken a ... 
		 
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