Article 6NE6K Astronomers Spot Cataclysmic Collision of Giant Asteroids in Nearby Star System

Astronomers Spot Cataclysmic Collision of Giant Asteroids in Nearby Star System

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Nearly 20 years ago, astronomers observed a massive cloud of fine dust particles around a young star located just 63 light-years away from Earth. In recent observations from the Webb Space Telescope, however, the dust cloud had mysteriously vanished. Now, a new paper suggests the dust cloud may have been caused by a...

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