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When Worlds Collide

SOURCE: DIGG • 2010-01-20
TOPICS: Astronomy • Spacecraft • Planetary Science • Infrared Imaging • Spitzer Space Telescope • Exoplanetology • Mercury • Planet • Hd 172555 • New Worlds Mission • Disaster_accident • Technology_internet

[112 diggs @ Space] Watch as two planets, one the size of the moon and the other as large as Mercury, smash into each other as they orbit a distant star in this video animation compiled using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope read more »

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