Uploaded January 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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More space news and info at: coconutsciencelab.com - while testing a new subsystem on the SPHERE planet-hunting instrument on ESO’s Very Large telescope, astronomers were able to capture dramatic details of the turbulent stellar relationship in the binary star R Aquarii with unprecedented clarity — even compared to observations from Hubble.

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