Beta Pictoris c Archives

This artist’s concept shows the Beta Pictoris system with the discovered giant exoplanet Beta Pictoris d at the right. It has the widest orbit of the known three exoplanets within the system. Illustration: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Ralf Crawford (STScI)

Webb Discovers A Hidden Planet In The Beta Pictoris Star System

by Keith CowingJuly 16, 2026July 16, 2026

[NASA] Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a giant planet outside our solar system, called an exoplanet, hiding within one of the most intensely studied planetary systems […]

Beta Pictoris

Exoplanet Beta Pictoris d Found After More Than 10 Years Of Searching

by Keith CowingJuly 15, 2026July 15, 2026

[ESO] A team of astronomers have discovered a third planet orbiting the star Beta Pictoris. The new planet, Beta Pictoris d, is 100 times fainter than Beta Pictoris b — […]

Astronomy & Telescopes, Beta Pictoris, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Status Report

Dynamics of the Beta Pictoris Planetary System and Possibility of an Additional Planet

by Keith CowingFebruary 22, 2025February 22, 2025

The Beta Pictoris system is characterized by a dusty debris disk, in addition to the presence of two already known planets. This makes it a particularly interesting case for studying […]

Cross-correlation S/N map for H2O, showing a clear detection of β Pic b at its expected separation and velocity. The velocity is in the frame of reference of the planet itself. The separation changes between 536 mas and 558 mas during the observational baseline between 29 Nov 2022 and 1 Nov 2023. -- astro-ph.EP

Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Beta Pictoris, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Press Release

Deep High-resolution L Band Spectroscopy In The B Pictoris Planetary System

by Keith CowingJanuary 17, 2025January 17, 2025

The beta Pictoris system, with its two directly imaged planets beta Pic b and beta Pic c and its well characterised debris disk, is a prime target for detailed characterisation […]

A giant planet in another star system -- Grok via Astrobiology.com

Astronomy & Telescopes, Beta Pictoris, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Gaia Mission, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Status Report, Stellar Cartography

Detection And Characterisation Of Giant Planets With Gaia Astrometry

by Keith CowingNovember 16, 2024November 16, 2024

Astrometric observations with Gaia are expected to play a valuable role in future exoplanet surveys. With current data from Gaia’s third data release (DR3), we are sensitive to periods from […]

Outcome after a 10 Myr simulation of a disk of planetesimals initially between 0.5 au and 45 au in the environment of β Pic b and β Pic c taken from solution #2 from Table 1, viewed from above. The red bullets show the location of the planets and the star, and the black dots are the remaining planetesimals. -- astro-ph.EP

Astronomy & Telescopes, Beta Pictoris, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Status Report

Dynamics Of The Beta Pictoris Planetary System And Its Falling Evaporating Bodies

by Keith CowingJanuary 2, 2024January 14, 2024

For decades, the spectral variations of Beta Pictoris have been modelled as the result of the evaporation of exocomets close to the star, termed falling evaporating bodies (FEBs).