I don't know if anyone still reads this thread, but what the heck.
The
Gemini Planet Imager came online recently, and the resolution and nulling technology required is just astonishing. Not only did the optics resolve a complete ring of dust around a relatively bright star, they were also able to further increase the discrimination through the use of polarization.
There is another first light image of
Beta Pictoris B, which is also pretty neat.