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For the first time, astronomers have used a new imaging method on a ground-based telescope to capture the most detailed look ever at the disk surrounding a distant star.

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This breakthrough paves the way for scientists to study finer details of stars, planets, and other celestial objects, potentially transforming how we explore the universe.

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Building these large instruments, or connecting them, has long been the key to achieving the precision needed for discovering new cosmic features.

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To correct for this, the Subaru Telescope team used adaptive optics, a technology that continuously adjusts to cancel out these distortions and stabilize the light waves in real time.

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"We were not expecting to detect an asymmetry like this, and it will be a task for the astrophysicists modeling these systems to explain its presence," said Kim.

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