Astronomers have discovered new asteroid belts encircling the star Fomalhaut, which is located just 25 light-years from Earth.
Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, A. Gáspár . Image processing: A. Pagan has captured never-before-seen features around a star located just 25 light-years away from Earth. The star, which is surrounded by massive disks of dust was believed to be encircled by an asteroid belt. However, Webb’s observations of the star, which is known as Fomalhaut, show that the star is encircled by three asteroid belts.
Webb’s observations and images of Fomalhaut have taught astronomers quite a bit about the young star, and the asteroid belts that surround it. The star is the brightest found in the southern constellation Piscis Austrinus,Image source: NASA, ESA, CSA, A. Gáspár . Image processing: A. Pagan Webb’s image of Fomalhaut is important because it gives us more depth to explore around the star. The debris fields we’ve spotted in the image are much bigger than previous observations ever showed. Both Hubble and ALMA have observed the star before, but they only imaged the outer asteroid belt.
Österreich Neuesten Nachrichten, Österreich Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
Webb telescope spots three debris belts around luminous star FomalhautThere has been plenty of excitement in recent decades about planets detected orbiting various stars beyond our solar system. But planets provide an incomplete picture of the complex framework that exists around stars, leaving out components like the belts of rocky and icy debris orbiting our sun.
Weiterlesen »
Webb Snaps First Photo of Asteroid Belt Outside the Solar SystemSurprise asteroid belts appear in new Webb image of the nearby star Fomalhaut.
Weiterlesen »
Webb Explores Fomalhaut’s Asteroid Belt and Discovers Evidence of Hidden PlanetsNearby 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 b
Weiterlesen »
Absolutely enormous asteroid belt discovered around a nearby starAstronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to spot strange asteroid belts around the nearby star Fomalhaut, along with evidence for at least three planets
Weiterlesen »
NASA captures first ever image of inner debris ring around Fomalhaut starNASA astronomers have captured a debris disk around Fomalhaut, a young star, in an attempt to study the first asteroid belt outside our solar system in infrared light. However, observers discovered a much more complicated structure, three belts of dust extending to 14 billion miles from the star.
Weiterlesen »
JWST images revealed unexpected asteroids in the Fomalhaut star systemNew images of Fomalhaut confirm that an alleged planet is probably just dust while also revealing a new asteroid belt and a “Great Dust Cloud.”
Weiterlesen »