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"It's a testament to how much these massive planets really influence their surrounding dust and icy bodies out to hundreds of astronomical units."
OriginalKnown as the "Cat's Tail," a vast cloud of dust wafting across a young star system could be the aftermath of a collision between two or more Pluto-sized bodies annihilated to microscopically small dust grains.
OriginalThe Beta Pictoris system is only about 63 light years away. At only about 23 million years old, it's a sort of analogue for our Solar System when it was much younger. Observations show an elongated dust feature named the 'Cat's Tail' that has puzzled researchers. New research says it's the result of two colliding dwarf planets, something that was sure to have happened in our Solar System when it was young.
OriginalKnown as the "Cat's Tail," a vast cloud of dust wafting across a young star system could be the aftermath of a collision between two or more Pluto-sized bodies annihilated to microscopically small dust grains.
Original"It's a testament to how much these massive planets really influence their surrounding dust and icy bodies out to hundreds of astronomical units."
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