Fomalhaut star. Image showing the star Fomalhaut (centre) encircled by a ring of dusty debris. Fomalhaut lies around 25 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus (The Southern Fish) and is surrounded by a huge disc of dust. This disc is made up of a mix of cosmic dust and gas from comets in the Fomalhaut system (exocomets), released as the exocomets graze past and smash into one another. Imaged by the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA). | |
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