The Hubble Space Telescope photographed the pair, known as ESO 593-8, located around 650 million light-years away.

The disk spans nearly 400 billion miles – around 40 times the diameter of our solar system.

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals four new space images just in time for the holidays.

Researchers say the dust-producing stars in Apep are sending out dust at 1,200 to 2,000 miles per second.