Visualisation of Fomalhaut and Fomalhaut b (Artist’s Impression)
Data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have revealed an expanding cloud of dust produced in a collision between two large bodies orbiting the bright nearby star Fomalhaut. This is the first time such a catastrophic event around another star has been imaged.
Credit:ESA/NASA, M. Kornmesser
About the Image
| Id: | heic2006a |
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| Type: | Artwork |
| Release date: | 20 April 2020, 21:00 |
| Related releases: | heic2006 |
| Size: | 6000 x 3466 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Fomalhaut b |
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| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System |
| Distance: | 25 light years |
| Category: | Exoplanets |
