January 2013

Artist's impression of a narrow belt of asteroids potentially around another solar star. Credit:... NASA/JPL-Caltech For years, astronomers have claimed that our solar system's main asteroid belt…

Asteroid belt discovered around Vega Press release from: University of Arizona Posted: Friday January 11th 2013…

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Astronomers have discovered what appears to be a large asteroid belt around the star Vega, the second-brightest star in the northern night sky. The scientists used data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the European Space Agency's…

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Astronomers have discovered a giant asteroid belt surrounding the bright star Vega, a find that could ultimately reveal an entire solar system of planets, scientists say.Vega is one of the brightest stars in the night…

PASADENA, Calif. — Astronomers have discovered what appears to be a wide belt of asteroids around the star Vega, the second-brightest star in the northern night sky. The scientists used data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the…