Watch An Exoplanet Orbit An Alien Star

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Beta Pictoris B doesn't look like much, but it is still extraordinary to see a planet 63 million light-years away about to disappear behind its star. M. Millar-Blanchaer, University of Toronto; R. Marchis (SETI Institute)

The video below provides the best images ever taken of a planet orbiting another star. The resolution may still be tiny, but it represents the start of another big step forward in our process of learning about worlds beyond the Solar System.

 

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