Astrophysicists reveal structure of 74 exocomet belts orbiting nearby stars

Astrophysicists led by a team from Trinity College Dublin have—for the first time—imaged a large number of exocomet belts around nearby stars, and the tiny pebbles within them. The crystal-clear images show light being emitted from these millimeter-sized pebbles within the belts that orbit 74 nearby stars of a wide variety of ages—from those that are just emerging from birth to those in more mature systems like our own solar system.