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The Rocky World of Young Planetary Systems Artist Concept
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About this work
This artist concept illustrates how planetary systems arise out of massive collisions between rocky bodies. NASA Spitzer Space Telescope show that these catastrophes continue to occur around stars even after they have developed full-sized planets.
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Credit lineThe Rocky World of Young Planetary Systems Artist Concept. NASA/JPL, 2004-10-18. Public domain. ID: PIA06939.
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