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Webb telescope spots signs of moon-forming collisions
Original: Webb telescope spots signs of collisions like the one that made our moon
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected signs of giant collisions between young planets, similar to the impact thought to have formed Earth's Moon billions of years ago. The observations suggest such cataclysmic crashes are common around other stars, offering a glimpse of the violent processes that shaped our own solar system.
Why now: New Webb observations reveal evidence of planetary collisions like the one that created the Moon, drawing wide scientific interest.
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