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A telescope searching for interplanetary systems has detected a large gap in the dust disk around a young star, which could indicate the presence of multiple planets. The star is similar in size to our own Sun. Studying early-stage extrasolar planets and their host stars helps scientists to understand the formation of solar systems—including our own.

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Polarimetric Imaging of Large Cavity Structures in the Transitional Disk around PDS 70
http://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/667/conf...

The Structure of Pre-transitional Protoplanetary Disks I: Radiative Transfer Modeling of the Disk+Cavity in the PDS 70 System
http://arxiv.org/pdf/1209.3772v2.pdf

National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
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Subaru Telescope
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Princeton University: High Contrast Imaging Laboratory
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