Hubble Telescope sees cosmic 'cat's tail' that could wrap around Earth and the sun 500 times
Hubble observations suggest the feature was made by two Pluto-sized bodies and reveal a new warp linked to Beta Pictoris b.
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The Hubble Space Telescope has revealed new details about a huge dust cloud in the Beta Pictoris star system that may have formed from the collision of two celestial bodies.
Hubble Telescope sees cosmic 'cat's tail' that could wrap around Earth and the sun 500 times
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have investigated a cosmic cat's tail, finding it likely formed after two Pluto-sized bodies smashed together.The feature, nicknamed the Cat's Tail, extends out from the debris disk known as Beta Pictoris which is located in a planetary system located 63 light-years away. This tail would put that of the average tabby to shame: It's so long that it could curl around the sun-Earth system about 500 time…
Using 14 years of astronomical data from the Hubble Space Telescope, scientists have managed to decipher an enigmatic cosmic structure in the young star system Beta Pictoris, which is 63 light-years from Earth. The scientific study, which was published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters (DOI 10.3847/2041-8213/aeac4a) a few weeks ago, on October 6, 2026, focuses […]
63 light-years from Earth, around the young star Beta Pictoris, a dark strip of dust is so long that it would take about 500 laps in the system formed by
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