Fomalhaut B (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Fomalhaut B

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Fomalhaut is a bright star 25 light years from Earth. This image, with Fomalhaut's light blocked, shows a vast belt of comet dust that is shaped by the gravitational influence of the exoplanet Fomalhaut b (inset).

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Paul Kalas/UC Berkeley; NASA; ESA

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