Exozodiacal Light is a photograph by ESO/Luís Calçada which was uploaded on March 25th, 2015.
Exozodiacal Light
This artist's view from an imagined planet around a nearby star shows the brilliant glow of exozodiacal light extending up into the sky and swamping... more
Title
Exozodiacal Light
Artist
ESO/Luís Calçada
Medium
Photograph
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This artist's view from an imagined planet around a nearby star shows the brilliant glow of exozodiacal light extending up into the sky and swamping the Milky Way. This light is starlight reflected from hot dust created as the result of collisions between asteroids, and the evaporation of comets. The presence of such thick dust clouds in the inner regions around some stars may pose an obstacle to the direct imaging of Earth-like planets in the future.
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March 25th, 2015
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