Were distant destroyed worlds Earth-like?
Friday, May 4, 2012 - 05:50
in Astronomy & Space
WARWICK, England, May 3 (UPI) -- Dust from destroyed planets that once orbited dwarf stars suggests the shattered worlds were similar in composition to Earth, British astrophysicists say.
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