No, it's not the evil eye.
It's a newly discovered "extrasolar planet."
The red elliptical shape you see is essentially a dust ring created by the planet "Fomalhaut b" as it orbits its star. It takes Fomalhaut b a mere 872 earth-years for it to make one complete orbit around its parent star.
Let's allow the experts explain the rest...
- Check out the images at HUBBLESITE.org: "Hubble Directly Observes Planet Orbiting Fomalhaut b"
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment