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Astronomers Catch Incredible First Direct Images Of Objects Colliding In Another Star System

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Fomalhaut is a young star 25 light-years away, and it has a lot going on around it.

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Astronomes recorded for the first time direct images of collisions between large bodies in a planetary system outside of our home. The phenomenon was observed around the Fomalhaut star and is described as a unique opportunity to observe, in real time, processes similar to those that shaped the Solar System in its first stages. Cylons in... The post Astronomos captured the first images of collisions of celestial bodies in a nearby star system app…

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Scientists have detected the effects of a collision of space rocks in the Fomalhaut star system, located 25 light-years from our solar system, reports Northwestern University. The discovery is the result of analysis of an object photographed in 2008 by the Hubble Space Telescope, which was initially thought to be a planet. The article "Astronomers Discover Planetesimal Collision in Fomalhaut Star System" comes from the website Wszystko co mojego.

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IFLScience broke the news in on Thursday, December 18, 2025.
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