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Celestial Splendor

by Sheril Kirshenbaum

Over at National Geographic, a scene around HD 172555 where scientists think a celestial collision took place a few thousand years ago!

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A celestial body about the size of our moon collides with a planet roughly the size of Mercury in a new artist’s conception.

Find more space photos here and check out the newly discovered gigantic suicidal planet…

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August 27th, 2009 10:25 PM
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2 Responses to “Celestial Splendor”

  1. 1.   Erasmussimo Says:
    August 28th, 2009 at 10:11 am

    There’s only one humane response to the giant suicidal planet: a million tons of Prozac. And as to the illustrated planetary collision, has the offending moon’s driver’s license been suspended?

  2. 2.   Lilian Nattel Says:
    August 29th, 2009 at 10:23 am

    Wow.





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