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Webb Telescope Observes Massive Planetary Collisions
Original: NASA’s Webb Provides Crash Course on Planet-Shattering Collisions
NASA reports that the James Webb Space Telescope has provided new insights into colossal planet-destroying collisions, capturing observations of debris and aftermath from impacts between planetary bodies. The findings give scientists a rare look at the violent processes that shape planetary systems, echoing the kind of giant impact thought to have formed Earth's Moon.
Why now: NASA has just published new Webb telescope findings about planetary collisions, drawing attention to the dramatic science.
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- NASA’s Webb Provides Crash Course on Planet-Shattering Collisions · NASA Science (.gov)
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