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Comet Storm around Fomalhaut

Observation • nhsc2012-006a • Thursday, April 12th, 2012

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Infrared view of the Fomalhaut dust disk taken by the Herschel Space Observatory. New data reveal that comets are constantly banging into each other around the star, creating its dust disk.

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