(Illustration) Icy, dusty bodies orbiting Fomalhaut (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

(Illustration) Icy, dusty bodies orbiting Fomalhaut

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This artist's illustration depicts the collision of two 125-mile-wide icy, dusty bodies orbiting the bright star Fomalhaut, located 25 light-years away.

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ESA, NASA and M. Kornmesser

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