Telescopes find evidence for asteroid belt around Vega
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 - 19:01
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org)—Astronomers have discovered what appears to be a large asteroid belt around the star Vega, the second brightest star in northern night skies. The scientists used data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory, in which NASA plays an important role.