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January 8, 1999 12:00 AM (EST)

News Release Number: STScI-1999-03

Hubble Views of Dust Disks and Rings Surrounding Young Stars Yield Clues

An American Astronomical Society Meeting Release
Hubble Views of Dust Disks and Rings Surrounding Young Stars Yield CluesGo to image download page

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has given astronomers their first views of a dust ring around the star HR 4796A and a dark gap dividing an immense dust disk around the star HD 141569. These images may provide important clues to possible planet formation.

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Image Credit (left): Alycia Weinberger, Eric Becklin (UCLA), Glenn Schneider (University of Arizona) and NASA

Image Credit (right): Brad Smith (University of Hawaii), Glenn Schneider (University of Arizona), and NASA

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