Debris Disk · Exoplanet

Fomalhaut

Fomalhaut is one of the few stars with a directly imaged exoplanet candidate. It is surrounded by a striking narrow debris ring — the best resolved circumstellar disc visible to telescopes. The ring's sharp inner edge suggests a planet is s

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