Hot dust near a nearby star system
Tucson AZ (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
Seventy light-years from Earth, astronomers studying the star Kappa Tucanae A have identified dust heated to more than 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit orbiting very close to the star, where such material should either vaporize or be blown out of the system. The team has now detected a companion star moving through this same inner region, offering a new way to investigate how this hot exozodiacal dust f
Published by SpaceDaily on 12/03/2025
