"Webb Telescope Uncovers Secrets of Fomalhaut's Planetary System and Debris Disk"

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured a sharp infrared image of Fomalhaut's debris disk, revealing details never seen before, including a large dust cloud in the outer ring that is possible evidence for colliding bodies, and an inner dust disk and gap likely shaped and maintained by embedded but unseen planets. The debris belts stretch across a gargantuan amount of space, nearly 14 billion miles (23 billion km) from Fomalhaut. The telescope used its Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) to capture the image.