New light on birth of a solar system

SPECTACULAR images showing the birth of a new solar system have given scientists an insight into how our own solar system would have looked billions of years ago.

A glowing ring of dust, captured by Nasa's Hubble space telescope, is shown orbiting around the bright star, Fomalhaut, 25 light years from the sun.

The star is only 200 million years old, practically a newborn! It's like looking into the early history of our own solar system. It's a shame that NASA has plans to scuttle the Hubble space telescope that is still discovering such fascinating systems.