nhsc_nhsc2013-001a January 8th, 2013
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle (IPAC)
This artist's concept illustrates an asteroid belt around the bright star Vega. Evidence for this warm ring of debris was found using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, and the European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory, in which NASA plays an important role.
Provider: Herschel Space Observatory
Image Source: https://www.herschel.caltech.edu/image/nhsc2013-001a
Curator: NASA Herschel Science Center, Pasadena, CA, USA
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