Adaptive optics (AO) is a technique that corrects for optical aberrations. It was originally
proposed to correct for the blurring effect of atmospheric turbulence on images in ground …

In the past few years, significant advances have been made in understanding the
distributions of exoplanet populations and the architecture of planetary systems. We review …

We present an overview of the Large Program," Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks
(eDisk)," conducted with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). The …

Direct images of protoplanets embedded in disks around infant stars provide the key to
understanding the formation of gas giant planets such as Jupiter. Using the Subaru …

PDS 70 is a unique system in which two protoplanets, PDS 70 b and c, have been
discovered within the dust-depleted cavity of their disk, at∼ 22 and 34 au, respectively, by …

Terrestrial and sub-Neptune planets are expected to form in the inner (less than 10 au)
regions of protoplanetary disks. Water plays a key role in their formation,–, although it is yet …

The processing of raw data from modern astronomical instruments is often carried out
nowadays using dedicated software, known as pipelines, largely run in automated …

The SpHere INfrared Exoplanet (SHINE) project is a 500-star survey performed with
SPHERE on the Very Large Telescope for the purpose of directly detecting new substellar …

We still do not understand how planets form or why extrasolar planetary systems are so
different from our own Solar System. However, the past few years have dramatically …

Aims. Using the direct-imaging technique, we searched for low-mass companions around
the star AF Lep, which presents a significant proper-motion anomaly (PMa) signal obtained …