Inbox Astronomy: Webb Looks for Fomalhaut's Asteroid Belt and Finds Much More

INBOX ASTRONOMY

Webb Looks for Fomalhaut's Asteroid Belt and Finds Much More

Release date: Monday, May 8, 2023 11:00:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Nearby Planetary System Seen in Breathtaking Detail

A new Webb Space Telescope image of the bright, nearby star Fomalhaut reveals its planetary system with details never seen before, including nested concentric rings of dust. These belts most likely are carved by the gravitational forces produced by embedded, unseen planets. Similarly, inside our solar system Jupiter corrals the asteroid belt of leftover debris that lies between us and the giant planet. Astronomers first discovered Fomalhaut's disk in 1983. But there has never been a view as spectacular – or as revealing – as Webb's.

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