Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. This artist’s view shows the planet Beta Pictoris B orbiting the young star Beta Pictoris. A few decades ago, astronomers were just ...

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Exoplanet Beta Pictoris b can be seen moving around its star in this 17-year timelapse created using "AI-driven image-processing techniques," according to Northwestern University. Gemini Observatory ...

A famous one is called Beta Pictoris. It is surrounded by a thin disk of dust, gas and little bits called planetesimals; they range in size from a grain of sand to rocks maybe up to the size of a ...