Starlight, starbright: New imaging technique reveal planets near bright stars
Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 04:30
in Astronomy & Space
The Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) was built for one purpose: imaging extrasolar planets. In the seven months since it came online, GPI is proving to be an order-of-magnitude improvement-so much so that it may rewrite the rules of planet-hunting.