Tech | August 14, 2009 | 2 comments

Clash of planets

source: http://inaltreparole.net/en/science/pianeti130809.html

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The space telescope of the NASA Spitzer found evidence of a collision between two planets around a young star. The star around which it was identified the impact has "only" 12 million years, much less than the 4 and a half billion years of our solar system, and is located in the constellation of the Peacock (Pavo) at a distance of 100 light years from us. The clash involved a planet large like Mars and one like Mercury, both much smaller than the Earth.
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