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Astronomers Image the Faintest Planet Ever Seen From Earth

via Phys.org·Jul 15·2 sources

Astronomers discovered a third planet orbiting the star Beta Pictoris, dubbed Beta Pictoris d, which is 100 times fainter than its known sibling and among the lightest exoplanets ever imaged from the ground. It had been hiding in more than a decade of archival telescope data.

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Smithsonian Magazine

Astronomers Noticed a Mysterious Spot Appearing in Telescope Images. It Turned Out to Be the Faintest Exoplanet Ever Imaged From Earth

Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by number, calling them all by name.

— Isaiah 40:26

A faint new world, hidden for a decade, joins the countless host the Creator numbers and names.

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