NASA’s Spitzer Telescope Witnesses Asteroid Smashup

SMASHUP: NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has spotted an eruption of dust around a young star that could be the result of a collision between large asteroids. “We think two big asteroids crashed into each other, creating a huge cloud of grains the size of very fine sand, which are now smashing...

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