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Webb observations hint at giant asteroid collision in a nearby planetary system
A collision between giant asteroids likely occurred in a neighboring star system called Beta Pictoris in recent years, and two different space observatories are helping to tell the tale.
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Webb discovers baffling ‘cat’s tail’ in Beta Pictoris
If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have captured images of a dusty “cat ...
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Epic Space Timelapse Reveals Exoplanet’s 17-Year Journey
Some are rocky like Earth. Beta Pictoris b is a jumbo-sized gas planet with 12 times the mass of Jupiter—the most massive planet in our own solar system. Wang said the planet’s size helped ...
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'Dinosaur-Extinction Event Impact': James Webb Telescope discovers massive asteroid collision in a nearby star system called Beta Pictoris
Beta Pictoris is smaller than our solar system and contains at least two gas planets. It currently lacks Earth-like planets but could potentially form them in the future due to such asteroid ...
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Webb’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) shows the star system Beta Pictoris. (IMAGE)
This image from Webb’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) shows the star system Beta Pictoris. An edge-on disk of dusty debris generated by collisions between planetesimals (orange) dominates the ...