Mysterious Ripples Found Racing Through Planet-forming Disc

Images from ESO’s Very Large Telescope and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have revealed unique and totally unexpected structures in the dusty disc around the star AU Microscopii. These fast-moving wave-like dust features are unlike anything ever observed, or even predicted, before now. Предоставлено: ESO 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 (), Johan B. Monell (), STAN DART (). Footage and photos: ESO, Luis Calçada, Martin Kornmesser, Christoph Malin () and NASA. Directed by: Mathias Jäger and Herbert Zodet. Executive producer: Lars Lindberg Christensen.