Astronomers Monitor Exoplanet-Scale Collision

[Waspie_Dwarf]

Astronomers Monitor Exoplanet-Scale Collision

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New infrared observations probe a system that underwent a planetary-scale collision tens of thousands of years ago.

New observations from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) confirm earlier suspicions that dust around BD +20 307, a binary star system 300 light years from Earth, came from a recent collision between two large planetary-size bodies. The findings were published in the Astrophysical Journal.

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[Grim Reaper 6]

1 hour ago, Waspie_Dwarf said:

Astronomers Monitor Exoplanet-Scale Collision

 

That's interesting, hopeful they can get some photos once the dust clears.

Thanks for sharing.

[Piney]

1 hour ago, Manwon Lender said:

That's interesting, hopeful they can get some photos once the dust clears.

 

A couple of million years from now. It's still a young system. 

[Grim Reaper 6]

6 minutes ago, Piney said:

A couple of million years from now. It's still a young system. 

That makes sense.

[Waspie_Dwarf]

3 hours ago, Manwon Lender said:

That's interesting, hopeful they can get some photos once the dust clears.

Thanks for sharing.

The dust won't clear for millions of years.