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Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery of a glowing doughnut-shaped structure resulting from the collision and vaporization of two Neptune-sized planets in a distant star system. The collision occurred in a solar system located approximately 1,800 light-years away from Earth. This rare event was captured by astronomers, providing valuable insights into planetary collisions and the formation of debris clouds. The findings have been detailed in a research paper published in the journal Nature. The discovery sheds light on the aftermath of giant impacts between exoplanets and opens up new avenues for studying the dynamics of planetary systems.
In a first, researchers caught the infrared glow cast by the vaporized leftovers of a giant impact between Neptune-sized exoplanets. https://t.co/bbnR0viQI3
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In a solar system about 1,800 light-years from Earth, two planets smacked into one another in an impact that vaporized them both. And astronomers caught them in the act. https://t.co/bbnR0vjoxB
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This glowing doughnut is what it might have looked like when two Neptune-sized planets collided and vaporised in a distant star system. https://t.co/jWgY9q7cVB