๐ญ Webb telescope found a hidden giant planet in one of astronomy's most-studied star systems
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope discovered a new planet โ Beta Pictoris d โ lurking in the Beta Pictoris system, a star system astronomers have observed for decades. Webb's NIRSpec instrument chemically mapped the system and revealed the world that had gone undetected until now. If a planet was hiding in one of our best-studied systems, how many more are out there waiting to be found?
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