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Astronomers just accidentally spotted the faintest exoplanet ever seen from Earth
Astronomers accidentally discovered the faintest exoplanet ever observed from Earth. The exoplanet, Beta Pictoris d, is over twice the size of Jupiter but relatively young compared to its massive neighbors.
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