Saturday, October 6, 2012

Alien Comet Cloud Spotted Around Faraway Star

                      

Artist’s conception of the view towards the young star Beta Pictoris from the outer edge of its disk. This disk of dust and gas orbiting the star is produced by collisions between and evaporation of asteroids and comets. The star is about 63 light-years from Earth. 
CREDIT: NASA/FUSE/Lynette Cook 

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