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Lump of Planetary Stuff Artist Concept
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Lump of Planetary Stuff Artist Concept

NASA / JPL · 2009-09-23 · photograph (digital archive)

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This artist conception shows a lump of material in a swirling, planet- forming disk. Astronomers using NASA Spitzer Space Telescope found evidence that either another star or a planet could be pushing planetary material together, as illustrated here.

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Credit lineLump of Planetary Stuff Artist Concept. NASA/JPL, 2009-09-23. Public domain. ID: PIA12210.
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