Debris Disk around the Star HD 181327 (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Debris Disk around the Star HD 181327

Caption

The marked asymmetry of the debris disk around the star HD 181327 (shown here in a Hubble image) suggests it may have formed as a result of the collision of two small bodies. Disk Detective aims to discover many other stellar disks using volunteer classifications of data from NASA's WISE mission.

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NASA, ESA, G. Schneider (U. of Arizona), HST/GO 12228 Team

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