Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Space Smash-Up Turned Planets to Dust


Space Smash-Up Turned Planets to Dust: "A dust cloud surrounding a nearby star 300 light-years from Earth may be all that remains from the collision of two rocky planets, researchers say.

The planets may have been similar to Earth in size, age, and distance from their sun. The bodies circled a binary star, or a pair of stars locked in tight rotation, known as BD 20 307."

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