Two asteroids crashed around a nearby star, solving a cosmic mystery

19:00 - 18 Dec 2025

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A pair of nascent planets have been caught smashing together around the nearby star Fomalhaut, and in doing so have solved the puzzle of its famous ‘planet’

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Publication date: 2025-12-18 19:00:49
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