Astronomers Shocked: Dust Cloud Mysteriously Vanishes Around Young Star
MADISON, Wisconsin – Around 20 years ago, a cloud of fine dust particles surrounding a young star just 63 light-years away from Earth caught the attention of astronomers. However, recent observations from the Webb Space Telescope revealed that the dust cloud in the Beta Pictoris star system had mysteriously disappeared. A new study suggests that this disappearance may have been due to a violent event that pulverized large celestial bodies, scattering their remains across the …