Careful measurements taken over 15 years have revealed a new planetary companion to the famous young star, Beta Pictoris, thereby unveiling one of the most massive extrasolar planetary systems yet discovered.
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Konopacky, Q.M. A system of super Jupiters. Nat Astron 3, 1053–1054 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-019-0869-x
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