Friday, April 13, 2012
Ring of star's dust created by trillions of comet collisions
About 25 light-years away, there is a relatively youthful star named Fomalhaut that is twice the size of our sun and projects a ring of dust around it. Scientists have concluded that the dusty disc is formed by thousands of comet collisions each day.
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