In a groundbreaking discovery, the James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a previously unknown asteroid belt surrounding the star Fomalhaut. This discovery marks the first time that an asteroid belt has been found outside of our own Solar System. Scientists believe that this new belt could provide important insights into the formation and evolution of planetary systems around other stars. The discovery also confirms the existence of a mysterious dust cloud that had been observed near Fomalhaut for decades. This dust cloud is believed to be the result of collisions between asteroids in the newly-discovered belt.

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source: Phys.org