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Fomalhaut cs2 (artist’s concept)
18 DEC. 2025 publication date 318 Views

This artist’s concept shows the sequence of events leading up to the creation of dust cloud cs2 around the star Fomalhaut.

[Image description: This four-panel image labelled 1 to 4 shows the sequence of events leading up to, during, and following the collision of two objects in orbit around a star.]

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Credits

NASA, ESA, STScI, R. Crawford (STScI)

License

CC BY 4.0 INT or ESA Standard Licence

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