The tumultuous event in Beta Pictoris could help understand how planets like Earth formed, scientists say.
Scientists have found evidence of a “cataclysmic” collision of giant asteroids that happened only 20 years ago close to a nearby star.
But the latest data from the James Webb Space Telescope – launched in 2021 as part of a joint mission between Nasa, European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency – showed some of dust surrounding Beta Pictoris, which was recorded in previous observations, had disappeared. Two different space telescopes – Spitzer and JSWT – took snapshots 20 years apart of the same area around the star Beta Pictoris which is 63 light-years away
In the aftermath of the explosion, Spitzer’s instruments were able to identify the dust closet to the star by looking at their heat signatures.
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