June 16, 2022

6 of the systems studied in the Gemini-LIGHTS survey

An article accepted for publication in “The Astronomical Journal” reports the results of the Gemini-LIGHTS survey on 44 young massive stars. A team of researchers used the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) mounted on the Gemini South telescope in Chile to study the disks of materials around these stars to see if planets and ring structures have formed inside them. The results revealed the presence of possible planets and even brown dwarfs with differences between disks surrounding stars up to three times the mass of the Sun and disks surrounding more massive stars.