This image, captured by the SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, shows the star TYC 8998-760-1 accompanied by two giant exoplanets. This is the first time astronomers have directly observed more than one planet orbiting a star similar to the Sun. The image was captured by blocking the light from the young, Sun-like star (on the top left corner) using a coronagraph, which allows for the fainter planets to be detected. The bright and dark rings we see on the star’s image are optical artefacts. The two planets are visible as two bright dots in the centre and bottom right of the frame.
Esta imagen, captada por el instrumento SPHERE, instalado en el Very Large Telescope de ESO, muestra a la estrella TYC 8998-760-1 acompañada de dos exoplanetas gigantes. Es la primera vez…