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THIS IS HOW THE INCREDIBLE AND MYSTERIOUS FLAT DISCS DISCOVERED BY NASA AROUND THE STAR VEGA ARE

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✍️ Astronomers from the University of Arizona observed a unprecedented image of the debris disk around the star Vega, using the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes.

👉 Astronomers observed a unprecedented image of the debris disk around the star Vega using the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes. 👉 The disk is smooth and remarkably flat, unlike other circumstellar disks observed before. 👉 The team found a small hole in the disk, which is about 60 astronomical units from the star. 👉 The researchers inferred that there are no planets as massive as Neptune in large orbits. 👉 The distribution of dust in the disk is layered, due to the pressure exerted by the stars.

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'Ridiculously smooth': James Webb telescope spies unusual pancake-like disk around nearby star Vega — and scientists can't explain it.

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The James Webb Space Telescope has captured images of the star Vega, which shows a surprisingly smooth disk of cosmic debris surrounding it. This is unusual because Vega is an old star, around 500 million years old, and is expected to have formed exoplanets by now. The researchers are puzzled by this discovery, as they have found no signs of exoplanets forming around Vega. They also compared the disk to a similar disk around another star, Fomalhaut, which has a larger gap in its disk, suggesting that exoplanets may have formed there. The researchers are unsure why Vega cannot form exoplanets and are wondering if this could be a common phenomenon among similar stars. ● Vega is a nearby star, around 25 light-years from Earth ● The star has a unique disk of cosmic debris that is unlike anything seen before ● The disk is smooth and shows no signs of exoplanets forming around it ● Researchers are puzzled by this discovery and are unsure why Vega cannot form exoplanets ● The study suggests that this could be a common phenomenon among similar stars

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