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Beta Pictoris Disk Hides Giant Elliptical Ring System






The planetary dust disk around the star Beta Pictoris is dynamically 'ringing like a bell, ' according to astronomers investigating NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope images. The 'clapper' is the gravitational wallop of a star that passed near Beta Pictoris some 100, 000 years ago.




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NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)