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Five panel images of debris disks. Black dots obscure the stars at their centers to better reveal the debris. Two are round disks and the rest are seen at a tilt, edge on. The debris has the appearance of radiating from the stars with thin but visible rays.

Debris disks

This is a set of images from a NASA Hubble Space Telescope visible-light survey of the architecture of debris systems around young stars. Hubble's sharp view uncovers an unexpected diversity and complexity in the structures.

Image Credit: NASA/ESA/G. Schneider/U. Arizona
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