Dusty disc of crushed comets around a nearby star caused by collisions with thousands of comets a day
Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 11:31
in Astronomy & Space
Astronomers have studied a ring of dust around the nearby star Fomalhaut and have deduced that it is created by the collision of thousands of comets every day.
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