#Adaptive Optics

Rotation Measurement of HR 8799 Planets Give New Spin on Planet Formation Mystery

Astronomers have captured the first-ever spin measurements of HR 8799, the famed system that made history as the very first exoplanetary system to have its image taken.

Astronomers View Black Holes in Merging Galaxies

Two supermassive black holes, nestled at the center of each of the galaxies, are now excitingly close, giving astronomers the best view yet of the pair marching toward coalescence into one mega black hole.