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ELUSIVE PLANET RESHAPES A RING AROUND NEIGHBORING STAR (STScI-PR05-10)



 
 
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PRESS RELEASE NO.: STScI-PR05-10

ELUSIVE PLANET RESHAPES A RING AROUND NEIGHBORING STAR

NASA Hubble Space Telescope's most detailed visible-light image ever
taken of a narrow, dusty ring around the nearby star Fomalhaut
(HD 216956), offers the strongest evidence yet that an unruly and
unseen planet may be gravitationally tugging on the ring.

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