Sunday, June 26, 2005

Glad To See The Hubble is Spotting Something No One's Seen

Man, this is just eerie...

A spectacular, luminous ring offers the best evidence yet that a nearby star is circled by a newly formed solar system.

The ring is composed of dust particles in orbit around Fomalhaut, a bright star located just 25 light years away in the constellation Pisces Austalis – or the Southern Fish. A recent image captured with the Hubble Space Telescope - which makes the system look uncannily like the Great Eye of Sauron from the blockbusting Lord of the Rings trilogy - confirms that Fomalhaut’s ring is curiously offset with respect to the star.
(hat tip: Vodkapundit, who's got a larger picture) That picture looks like it's from a cut scene from The Return of the King. Actually, they may try releasing a new DVD with that picture.

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