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Hubblecast 88: Mysterious Ripples Found Racing Through Planet-forming Disc

7 October 2015

Using images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers have discovered unique and totally unexpected structures within the dusty disc around the star AU Microscopii.

This Hubblecast takes a look at these fast-moving wave-like features, which are unlike anything ever observed, or even predicted.

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Contacts

Visual design and editing: Martin Kornmesser and Luis Calçada.
Editing: Martin Kornmesser and Herbert Zodet.
Web and technical support: Mathias André and Raquel Yumi Shida.
Written by: Georgia Bladon, Mathias Jäger and Richard Hook.
Narration: Sara Mendes da Costa.
Music: Mat Jarvis (http://microscopics.co.uk), Johan B. Monell (www.johanmonell.com), STAN DART (www.stan-dart.com).
Footage and photos: ESO, Luis Calçada, Martin Kornmesser, Christoph Malin (christophmalin.com) and NASA.
Directed by: Mathias Jäger and Herbert Zodet.
Executive producer: Lars Lindberg Christensen.

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Images

Hubble and VLT images of the disc around AU Microscopii
Hubble and VLT images of the disc around AU Microscopii

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Hubblecast 88: Mysterious Ripples Found Racing Through Planet-forming Disc
Hubblecast 88: Mysterious Ripples Found Racing Through Planet-forming Disc