JWST compels us to ask: what’s wrong with Vega?

Vega is a young, bright, and nearby star that has a dusty debris disk around it. It was expected to be similar to the nearby star Fomalhaut, which has a complex multi-ring debris disk. However, new observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) show that Vega’s debris disk is surprisingly smooth and symmetric, with […]