This is a thing that I’ve often doubted I’d see in my lifetime, but things are moving swiftly right now, and the future is most definitely here…
What you’re watching is planets orbiting a star 133 light-years away.
“This footage consists of 10 images of HR 8799 taken with the Keck Telescope over 12 years. Video made by Jason Wang, data reduced by William Thompson and Christian Marois, and observations organized by Quinn Konopacky. Bruce Macintosh, Travis Barman, and Ben Zuckerman assisted in the observations.”
