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When Worlds Collide: Have Astronomers Observed the Aftermath of a Distant Planetary Collision?

  • Illustrated here in this artist's concept, astronomers may have observed the aftermath of a collision between two protoplanets, one Jupiter-sized and one Neptune-sized, in the system 2M1207.

    Illustrated here in this artist's concept, astronomers may have observed the aftermath of a collision between two protoplanets, one Jupiter-sized and one Neptune-sized, in the system 2M1207.

    David A. Aguilar (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA)

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