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Compass Image for AU Microscopii

Compass Image for AU Microscopii
  • Release Date
    January 8, 2019
  • Science Release
    Young Planets Orbiting Red Dwarfs May Lack Ingredients for Life
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  • Credit
    NASA, ESA, J. Wisniewski (University of Oklahoma), C. Grady (Eureka Scientific), and G. Schneider (Steward Observatory)

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AU Microscopii

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Hubble Captures Blobs of Material Sweeping through Stellar Disk These two NASA Hubble Space Telescope images, taken six years apart, show fast-moving blobs of material sweeping outwardly through a debris disk around the young, nearby red dwarf star AU Microscopii (AU Mic). Red...

AU Microscopii 2018 Detail

AU Microscopii 2018 Detail

Hubble Captures Intricate Structures Inside a Giant Migrating Blob The Hubble Space Telescope image on the left is an edge-on view of a portion of a vast debris disk around the young, nearby red dwarf star AU Microscopii (AU Mic). Though planets may have already formed in the...

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Mar 28, 2025
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