Sentences with phrase «called debris disk»

The observable material is a so - called debris disk consisting entirely of dust and large rocks, some of them possibly as large as planets.

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Hubble also spied a dark gap dividing an even larger disk of debris around a star called HD 141569, the first such clearing seen within a disk.

The resulting cycle, called the photoelectric instability (PeI), can work in tandem with other forces to create some of the features astronomers have previously associated with planets in debris disks.

Kuchner has also led a citizen science project called Disk Detective that allows users to scan WISE images for debris disks that could provide clues to planetary formation.