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Iconic Stellar Ring Much Stranger Than Previously Thought
Category: Technology
Duration: 00:02:37
Publish Date: 2018-03-13 16:31:17
Description: You’re looking at an image of an enormous ring of debris, 237 light years away from Earth, orbitinga long-studied, young star called HR 4796A. While the bright white ring of debris may be the most visually striking part of the image, astronomers are more excited about what’s around it: the much larger, less-concentrated area of dust around it. Scientists have long known about the dust and ring surrounding the star.
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