It is dedicated to the development and scientific exploitation of astronomical instrumentation for the high-contrast, high-angular resolution imaging of planetary and stellar systems.
An international team has just discovered a wide variety of carbonaceous gases in the disc surrounding a young very low-mass star, hence constraining the building blocks for planets forming therein.
This study, in which scientists from the PSILab at ULiège took part, opens up a new path for studying exoplanets that can be observed by direct imaging.
This is an essential discovery in which ULiège researchers played a key role, and which offers clues as to the habitability of rocky planets around other stars.
Planetary & Stellar systems Imaging Laboratory (PSILab)
Quartier Agora - Bât. B5C
Allée du six Août 19c
4000 Liège 1
Belgique
