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💥 ASTEROID COLLISION IN ANOTHER SOLAR SYSTEM 💥
That famous “planet” near the bright star Fomalhaut? Not a planet. New Hubble data shows it — and a second object — are expanding debris clouds from massive asteroid collisions. Astronomers now think these smashups are far more common than models predicted. Space is rough out there.

🔗 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2509086-two-asteroids-crashed-around-a-nearby-star-solving-a-cosmic-mystery/

#Astronomy #Hubble #Fomalhaut #Asteroids #CosmicCollision #SpaceScience #Exoplanets #SpaceNews #UniverseIsWild

Earth was born dry until a cosmic collision made it a blue planet

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/09/250928095654.htm

#HackerNews #EarthDry #CosmicCollision #BluePlanet #ScienceNews #Astronomy