Webb Telescope reveals asteroid collision in neighboring star system
Astronomers have captured what appears to be a snapshot of a massive collision of giant asteroids in Beta Pictoris, a ...
Astronomers Spot Cataclysmic Collision of Giant Asteroids in Nearby Star System
Webb data suggests a massive dust cloud observed 20 years ago around Beta Pictoris was caused by a cataclysmic asteroid ...
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Scientists spot massive asteroid collision — in another solar system
Beta Pictoris is known to have two gas giant planets, and is seen as a place where rocky worlds ... cataclysmic event between ...
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Webb spots dust cloud 100,000x larger than dinosaur-extinction asteroid
These asteroid collision highlights the intense and chaotic processes that contribute to the development of star systems ...
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Astronomers detect evidence of possible asteroid collisions in ‘teenage’ solar system
An asteroid belt orbits a star in this artist's rendering ... but not so young that its protoplanetary disc — the material ...
‘Cataclysmic’ collision of giant asteroids discovered in nearby star
Scientists have found evidence of a “cataclysmic” collision of giant asteroids that happened only 20 years ago close to a ...
NASA’s asteroid sample mission gave scientists around the world the rare opportunity to study an artificial meteor
Scientists don’t often have the time to get all their equipment set up to study incoming meteors from space. Instead, they ...
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They speak with astronomers, cosmologists and geologists to find out what the consequences would be if we punched a hole in a planet, or unified the asteroid belt, or destroyed the sun.
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NASA’s asteroid sample mission was important for meteor research. Here’s why
It traveled to Bennu, a near-Earth asteroid, and collected a sample from its surface ... used the SRC reentry to test infrasound-detecting balloons that could later be used on the planet Venus.
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NASA’s asteroid Bennu sample return mission was a prime time to study an artificial meteor
More than 80 researchers worked together to study an “artificial meteor” – NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Bennu sample return capsule.
Scientists study artificial meteor in NASA's asteroid sample mission
Over 80 researchers from more than a dozen institutions recently worked together to study such an "artificial meteor" -- NASA ...
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Lost in space? NASA's Webb Telescope reveals the disappearance of dust around Beta Pictoris star
As per the team, the collision released an enormous amount of dust, equivalent to about 100,000 times the asteroid that ...