New exoplanet had been hiding for more than 10 years | ESO News

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Astronomers have discovered a third planet orbiting the star Beta Pictoris using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). The new planet, Beta Pictoris d, is among the lightest exoplanets ever to be imaged from the ground. After the initial discovery, the team found it had been hiding in archive observations spanning more than a decade. This video summarises the study.

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Music: Stellardrone - To The Great Beyond.
Written by: E. Elkington.
Edited by: V. González
Footage and photos: ESO, L. Calçada, M. Kornmesser, C. Malin, P. Horálek