Bmpbmp1975 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 (edited) so I am a little confused. I thought Fomalhaut was a small galaxy with numerous stars example Fomalhaut A , Fomalhaut B etc. Now the article states that Fomalhaut B disappeared but does not give information about Fomalhaut A and the other stars and exoplanets in Fomalhaut. So are those still there or did all of Fomalhaut disappear? And yes I know they think what they saw was a dust cloud https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/exoplanet-apparently-disappears-in-latest-hubble-observations Edited April 21, 2020 by Bmpbmp1975 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pzkpfw Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 (edited) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fomalhaut Formalhaut is a star. Formalhaut b was thought to be a planet orbiting that star. Now they think it perhaps was the remains of a collision between two large bodies orbiting Formalhaut. Edited April 21, 2020 by pzkpfw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pzkpfw Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Ha! Force of habit. And time limits on editing typos ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 ! Moderator Note The question has been answered: thread closed. 7 hours ago, Bmpbmp1975 said: o I am a little confused. I thought Fomalhaut was a small galaxy with numerous stars example Fomalhaut A , Fomalhaut B etc. Now the article states that Fomalhaut B disappeared but does not give information about Fomalhaut A and the other stars and exoplanets in Fomalhaut. A final point of clarification: Fomalhaut A and B are stars. Fomalhaut a and b are planets. (Well, b is apparently not a planet.) The article is about Fomalhaut b "disappearing" (not being a planet in the first place). Fomalhaut B is still there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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