Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope discovered a previously hidden giant exoplanet in the Beta Pictoris system, which was already known to contain the giant planets Beta Pictoris b and Beta Pictoris c.
Sources
- Science News - Observational Cosmology Laboratory (science.gsfc.nasa.gov)
- https://www.mpg.de/26864837/a-new-planet-in-the-beta-pictoris-system (mpg.de)
- https://earthsky.org/space/hidden-planet-found-around-beta-pictoris/ (earthsky.org)
- https://petapixel.com/2026/07/20/researchers-used-two-telescopes-to-discover-a-planet-hidden-in-plain-sight/ (petapixel.com)
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