Artist illustration of two planetesimals colliding (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Artist illustration of two planetesimals colliding

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Clash of Titans: This artist's illustration depicts the collision of two 125-mile-wide icy, dusty bodies orbiting the bright star Fomalhaut, located 25 light-years away.

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ESA, NASA and M. Kornmesser

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