‘First light’ achieved on upgraded planet-finding instrument to search for Earth-like planets in nearest star system

Newly-built planet-finding instrument installed on Very Large Telescope, Chile, begins 100-hour observation of nearby stars Alpha Centauri A and B, aiming to be first to directly image a habitable exoplanet

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https://phys.org/news/2019-06-planet-finding-instrument-earth-like-planets-nearest.html