Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Alien dust kicked up by baby planet collisions
[ Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:26:43 GMT ]

Artist's rendering of what HD 131488's inner planetary system might look like as two large rocky bodies collide. Inset illustrates the location of HD 131488's dust belts (top) and comparable regions to our own Solar System (bottom). CredIn the search for other planetary systems like Earth that are capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, scientists have come across some very alien systems indeed. But the latest ones have researchers truly perplexed.


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