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Fomalhaut's Cometary Debris Disk

New observations suggest that the huge debris disk around the star Fomalhaut must be made of the left-overs from millions of crushed comets...
25 May 2012
By Carolin Crawford.

Part of the show The Dominant Force in the Universe

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