
This artist concept illustrates a tight pair of stars and a surrounding disk of dust, most likely the shattered remains of planetary smashups. Using NASA Spitzer Space Telescope, the scientists found dusty evidence for such collisions.
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NASA ID
PIA13346
Date Created
August 23, 2010
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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