Its orbit lasts roughly 1200 days and its distance from its own star is equivalent to the distance from between our own sun and the asteroid belt.
, the European Southern Observatory discovered a first planet, Beta Pictoris b, orbiting around its star in 2008, using direct imagery.
"Right now, we know it exists but we don't yet have an image of it, as it's very close to its star," Lagrange told Business Insider France. "The closer the planet is to its star, the more blinded we are by the light of the star," said Lagrange."It, therefore, becomes difficult to make the planet out. It's like trying to see a speck of dust one meter from a lighthouse itself when the lighthouse is hundreds of kilometers from the observer.
Moreover, the fact that its star is relatively young and is only around 60 light-years from Earth makes it a unique opportunity for scientists.Researchers suggest life may once have been possible on Venus, but it all changed after the planet started spinning a different way
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