The James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Fomalhaut's Disk In Unprecedented Detail - Sky & Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Fomalhaut's Disk In Unprecedented Detail

An orange oval extends from the 1 o’clock to 7 o’clock positions. It features a prominent outer ring, a darker gap, an intermediate ring, a narrower dark gap, and a bright inner disc. At the centre is a ragged black spot indicating a lack of data

Continuing its run of ground-breaking discoveries, the James Webb Space Telescope has snapped the clearest images yet of the dusty disk around the young star Fomalhaut.