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July 27, 2020

This image, taken by the SPHERE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope, shows the star TYC 8998-760-1 accompanied by two giant exoplanets, TYC 8998-760-1b and TYC 8998-760-1c. This is the first time that astronomers have directly observed more than one planet orbiting a Sun-like star. Both planets are visible as two bright spots in the center of the image (TYC 8998-760-1b) and lower right (TYC 8998-760-1c), indicated by arrows. Other bright spots, which are background stars, are also visible in the image. By taking different images at different times, the team was able to differentiate between the planets and the background stars. The image was taken by blocking the light from the young Sun-like star (top left of center) using a coronagraph, which allows the detection of fainter planets. The light and dark rings that you see on the image of the star are optical devices. Credit: ESO/Bohn et al

A rare direct photograph of planets around a sun similar to ours

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