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An image of the cat’s tail found in the Beta Pictoris system. The black shadow seen in the middle of the image is a coronagraph and was used to block out the central star’s brightness. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Christopher Stark (NASA-GSFC), Kellen Lawson (NASA-GSFC), Jens Kammerer (ESO), Marshall Perrin (STScI)

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