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This image of the Fomalhaut system, captured by Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), shows compass arrows, scale bar, and color key for reference. Labels indicate the various structures. At right, a great dust cloud is highlighted and pullouts show it in two infrared wavelengths: 23 and 25.5 microns.

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  1. Corey S Powell (coreyspowell@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 08-May-2023 16:35:46 UTC Corey S Powell Corey S Powell

    I was a NASA intern in the '80s when I heard that astronomers had discovered a mysterious disk around the nearby star Fomalhaut.
    Now JWST has revealed exactly what they are: three enormous, dusty asteroid belts around another star!
    https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2023/news-2023-109 #JWST #space #astronomy

    In conversation Monday, 08-May-2023 16:35:46 UTC from mastodon.social permalink
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