New ring of dust discovered around brightest star closest to Earth
A US team of astronomers has discovered another belt of dust and a huge cloud of debris around one of the brightest and closest stars – in astronomical terms – to Earth, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Astronomy. Using high-resolution images captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, researchers discovered new features of the 440-million-year-old ‘young’ star Fomalhaut, which lies at a distance of 25 light-years from our planet. Fomalhaut was known to be…