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NASA Spitzer Space Telescope Collection
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NASA Spitzer Space Telescope Collection
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The Rocky World of Young Planetary Systems
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The Rocky World of Young Planetary Systems
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This artist's concept illustrates how planetary systems arise out of massive collisions between rocky bodies. New findings from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope show that these catastrophes continue to occur around stars even after they have developed full-sized planets, when they are as old as one hundred million years. For reference, our own Sun, at 4.5 billion years old, is far past this late stage of planet formation.
In this image, a young star is shown circled by full-sized planets, and rings of dust beyond. These rings, also called "debris discs" arise when embryonic planets smash into each other. One of these collisions is illustrated in the inset above.
Spitzer was able to see the dust generated by these collisions with its powerful infrared vision.
Description
This artist's concept illustrates how planetary systems arise out of massive collisions between rocky bodies. New findings from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope show that these catastrophes continue to occur around stars even after they have developed full-sized planets, when they are as old as one hundred million years. For reference, our own Sun, at 4.5 billion years old, is far past this late stage of planet formation.
In this image, a young star is shown circled by full-sized planets, and rings of dust beyond. These rings, also called "debris discs" arise when embryonic planets smash into each other. One of these collisions is illustrated in the inset above.
Spitzer was able to see the dust generated by these collisions with its powerful infrared vision.
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NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle (SSC)
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NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle (SSC)
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*Background (star with debris disk)* Screen-Resolution (450x360): JPEG [ http://ipac.jpl.nas…ssc2004-17a1_small.j pg ] High-Resolution (3000x2400): JPEG | Mac TIFF | PC TIFF Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle (SSC-Caltech)
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*Background (star with debris disk)* Screen-Resolution (450x360): JPEG [ http://ipac.jpl.nas…ssc2004-17a1_small.j pg ] High-Resolution (3000x2400): JPEG | Mac TIFF | PC TIFF Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle (SSC-Caltech) note
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*Inset (collision sequence)* Screen-Resolution (450x136): JPEG [ http://ipac.jpl.nas…ssc2004-17a2_small.j pg ] High-Resolution (1861x561): JPEG | Mac TIFF | PC TIFF Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle (SSC-Caltech)
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*Inset (collision sequence)* Screen-Resolution (450x136): JPEG [ http://ipac.jpl.nas…ssc2004-17a2_small.j pg ] High-Resolution (1861x561): JPEG | Mac TIFF | PC TIFF Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle (SSC-Caltech) note
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Spitzer Space Telescope
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Spitzer Space Telescope
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Sun
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Sun
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Stennis Space Center (SSC)
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Stennis Space Center (SSC)
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ssc2004-17a
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ssc2004-17a
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SPD-SPITZ-ssc2004-17 a
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SPD-SPITZ-ssc2004-17 a
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