The star, which is surrounded by massive disks of dust was believed to be encircled by an asteroid belt. However, Webb’s observations of the star, which is known as Fomalhaut, show that the star ...

Caption This image of the dusty debris disk surrounding the young star Fomalhaut is from Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). It reveals three nested belts extending out to 14 billion miles ...

A “city-killer” space rock headed for a potential collision with the Moon likely originated in the asteroid belt near Jupiter, a region not known to produce Earth-crossing asteroids ...