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Astronomers observed a giant asteroid collision in Beta Pictoris, using data from the Webb and Spitzer telescopes. The event, occurring 20 years ago, offers new insights into early planetary formation in this young star system. Credit: NASA
The observations spotlight the volatile processes that shape star systems like our own, offering a unique glimpse into the primordial stages of planetary formation. Two different space telescopes took snapshots 20 years apart of the same area around the star called Beta Pictoris. Scientists theorize that the massive amount of dust seen in the 2004–05 image from the Spitzer Space Telescope indicates a collision of asteroids that had largely cleared by the time the James Webb Space Telescope captured its images in 2023.
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