Fomalhaut and its debris disc

Fomalhaut and its debris disc
Fomalhaut and its debris disc This image of the young star Fomalhaut shows a debris disc similar to what the Kuiper Belt may have looked like in our own solar system's early days. Fomalhaut is home to the first directly-imaged extrasolar planet, Fomalhaut b. ESA/Herschel/PACS/Bram Acke, KU Leuven, Belgium