The star, named Beta Pictoris, is a young, sun-like star located around 63 light-years from the solar system, making it one of our closest neighbors.(The closest star to the sun, Proxima Centauri ...

However, solar wind from the star pushes the lightest, "fluffiest" material out away from the orbital plane to produce the winding tail seen in the image. The two debris disks of Beta Pictoris as ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has caught the young planetary system Beta Pictoris by the tail, seeing a new dusty structure that looks like the lower half of a cat.

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.

Webb Telescope Discovers 'Cat's Tail' Structure in Nearby Solar System. ... The star Beta Pictoris is a mere 64 light-years away from Earth, placing it squarely in our celestial backyard.