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A planet-vaporizing impact is the leading explanation for a distant star’s curiously fluctuating light

Vega, the fifth brightest star in our sky, will appear like a stunning blue dot in the night sky all throughout May - even though it is 150 trillion miles from Earth. And here is how you can see it.

Let's look at NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope capturing the vibrant Helix Nebula, a surreal dead star surrounded by a dusty disk. Sauron, is that you?

Data from NASAs retired Spitzer Space Telescope revealed the disaster scene left behind by a cosmic collision.

The Spitzer Space Telescope just discovered what looks like a debris field from two small planets crashing into each other, 329 light-years away.

Astronomers have detected a cloud of dust the size of a whole star, 330 light-years away. Its cause? A colossal smash-up between two exoplanets that were still just forming.

Space can be a violent place. Objects crash into each other, causing destruction or leading to the formation of larger celestial bodies. Scientists serve as astronomical detectives and use the

Astronomers have now spotted a giant debris cloud made from the collision of two celestial objects in deep space that could provide insights into planetary formation.

Our solar system was shaped by massive collisions between rocky bodies. Observations of a similar accident provide information about how common such crashes occur near other stars.

NASA has shared an image depicting what researchers say is the first observation of a debris cloud from a massive celestial collision.