LBTI hits the dusty trail of Earth-like planets

LBTI hits the dusty trail of Earth-like planets
January 20, 2015
CreditLarge Binocular Telescope Observatory
Language
  • english

The Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer (LBTI) instrument set its eyes on a dusty star system called Eta Corvi, depicted here in this artist's concept. Recent collisions between comets and rocky bodies within the star system are thought to have generated the surplus of dust.

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