Astronomers May Have Witnessed Worlds in Collision - Scientific American
A planet-vaporizing impact is the leading explanation for a distant star’s curiously fluctuating light
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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 NASA's 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.