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Hidden Planet Likely Shapes Fomalhaut’s Warped Ring

Originally Published 4 months ago — by Earth.com

New high-resolution ALMA images of Fomalhaut's debris disk reveal a decreasing eccentricity with distance from the star, suggesting the presence of an unseen planet shaping the disk's structure through gravitational influence, providing insights into planetary system evolution.

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Ancient planets shape Fomalhaut's warped star ring

Originally Published 4 months ago — by Phys.org

Astronomers using ALMA have discovered that Fomalhaut's debris disk has a decreasing eccentricity with distance from the star, suggesting the influence of an unseen massive planet that shaped the disk early in its history, providing new insights into planetary system formation.

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