Tag Archive for 'Debris belt'

This gallery contains 74 images of different star systems with exocometary belts taken with the Submillimeter Array (SMA) and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter (ALMA) radio telescope facilities. Image credit: Luca Matrà.

Astronomers Discover Exocometary Belts around 74 Stars

Feb 12, 2025 by News Staff

Astronomers have imaged planetesimal belts in 74 planetary systems as part of the REsolved ALMA and SMA Observations of Nearby Stars (REASONS) survey. This...

This artist’s impression shows exocomets orbiting beta Pictoris. Image credit: L. Calçada / ESO.

Webb’s New View of Beta Pictoris Suggests Recent Massive Collision

Jan 10, 2024 by News Staff

Dr. Christopher Stark from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and his colleagues present new coronagraphic images from the NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera)...

This image, taken with Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), shows the dusty debris disk surrounding Fomalhaut A. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / A. Gáspár, University of Arizona / A. Pagan, STScI.

Webb Images Three Debris Belts around Fomalhaut A

May 9, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

New high-resolution images of the Fomalhaut A system from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope show three debris belts extending out to 23 billion...