Asteroids don’t just collide in our Solar System. Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers spotted the expanding debris cloud from a powerful asteroid collision around the nearby star Fomalhaut – just 95 light-years away.
It’s a rare chance to watch how planetary systems evolve in real time, and a reminder that planet formation is anything but calm.
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It’s a rare chance to watch how planetary systems evolve in real time, and a reminder that planet formation is anything but calm.
???? European Space Agency (ESA)
#ESA #Space #Hubble
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- Deep Space
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- ESA, European Space Agency, Space
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