Tuesday 9 April 2013

Retired star found with planets and debris disc


ESA’s Herschel space observatory has provided the first images of a dust belt – produced by colliding comets or asteroids – orbiting a subgiant star known to host a planetary system.



via ESA Space Science http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Herschel/Retired_star_found_with_planets_and_debris_disc

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