The Comets Of Beta Pictoris

Wednesday, October 22, 2014 - 18:10 in Astronomy & Space

Beta Pictoris is a young star, only about 20 million years old, located about 63 light-years from us. It is surrounded by a huge disc of material, a very active young planetary system where gas and dust are produced by the evaporation of comets and the collisions of asteroids. read more

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