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Fomalhaut cs2 Video

Hubble captured the violent collision of two massive objects around the star Fomalhaut. This extraordinary event is unlike anything in our own present-day solar system. The video shows the sequence of events leading up to the creation of dust cloud cs2 around the star Fomalhaut. In the opening frames, Fomalhaut appears in the top left corner. Two white dots, located in the bottom right corner, represent the two massive objects in orbit around Fomalhaut. These objects approach each other and collide, resulting in a huge debris cloud that initially resembles an exoplanet as seen in reflected light. Years later, starlight is able to push the dust cloud outward from the star.

  • Release Date
    December 18, 2025
  • Science Release
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  • Credit
    Animation: NASA, ESA, STScI, Ralf Crawford (STScI)

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Image labeled Fomalhaut system, Hubble Space Telescope. A grainy orange oval ring tilts slightly from upper right to lower left. At two o'clock, a white box outlines the ring's edge and white lines extend to a larger pullout box at lower right. Two spots inside the larger box are marked with dashed white circles and labeled cs1 2012 and cs2 2023. Inside the ring is a black circle with a white star symbol in the middle.

Fomalhaut cs2

This composite Hubble Space Telescope image shows the debris ring and dust clouds cs1 and cs2 around the star Fomalhaut. Fomalhaut itself is masked out to allow the fainter features to be seen. Its location is marked by the white star.

Illustration is labeled Artistu2019s Concept in the bottom, left corner. Slightly off-center against a black background, an explosive and fiery-looking orange object appears. Orange streamers, filaments, and particles radiate from the objectu2019s center. Within it, but slightly off-center to the right, is a mottled, yellow, amorphous blob. This blob is outlined on three sides in white, and on the fourth, right side in dark orange and red. White particles emanate from this blob, particularly on the right side.

Fomalhaut cs2 Illustration

This artist’s concept shows the sequence of events leading up to the creation of dust cloud cs2 around the star Fomalhaut.

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Last Updated
Dec 18, 2025
Location
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Contact
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov

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