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Astronomers Capture Rare Planet Collision 11,000 Light-Years Away

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Source: ZME Science
Astronomers Capture Rare Planet Collision 11,000 Light-Years Away
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Astronomers observed a rare planetary smash around Gaia20ehk, about 11,000 light-years away, inferred from dips in visible light paired with a surge in infrared as a hot debris cloud occludes the star—providing a rare real-time glimpse of a planet-formation catastrophe similar to how Earth's Moon formed.

Topics:sciencespace#debris-disk#exoplanets#gaia20ehk#infrared-astronomy#planetary-collision#space
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