
This artist conception shows a lump of material in a swirling, planet- forming disk. Astronomers using NASA Spitzer Space Telescope found evidence that either another star or a planet could be pushing planetary material together, as illustrated here.
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NASA ID
PIA12210
Date Created
September 23, 2009
Center
JPL
Media Type
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