The dusty debris disk surrounding the young star Fomalhau (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

The dusty debris disk surrounding the young star Fomalhau

Caption

This image of the dusty debris disk surrounding the young star Fomalhaut is from Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). It reveals three nested belts extending out to 14 billion miles (23 billion kilometers) from the star. The inner belts – which had never been seen before – were revealed by Webb for the first time.

Credit

Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, A. Gáspár (University of Arizona). Image processing: A. Pagan (STScI)

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