Fomalhaut Ice Ring
by Science Photo Library
Title
Fomalhaut Ice Ring
Artist
Science Photo Library
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Fomalhaut ice ring. Composite image showing the unusual icy ring (pink) that surrounds the star Fomalhaut (bright, centre). Fomalhaut lies around 25 light-years from Earth in the constellation Piscis Austrinus (The Southern Fish) and is surrounded by a huge disc of dust. However, it is also surround by this outer ring, first discovered about 20 years ago, that has an unusually sharp inner boundary. A leading theory holds that this ring resulted from numerous violent collisions involving icy comets. Imaged by combing images from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST, blue) and the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA, pink).
Uploaded
February 21st, 2021
Embed
Share
Similar Subjects
Similar Images
Comments (1)
Recently Viewed
