Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lead author Andy Tzanidakis’ rendering of the planetary collision he suspects occurred around star Gaia20ehk in 2021. (CREDIT: ...

What happens when two planets collide? Astronomers have just observed the aftermath in real time around a distant star. The star Gaia20ehk, similar to our Sun, suddenly began to flicker starting in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two planets crashed into one another in a violent, chaotic collision that astronomers recently witnessed 11,000 light-years away ...

Astronomers have caught what may be a rare cosmic catastrophe unfolding 11,000 light-years away. A seemingly ordinary sun-like star suddenly began flickering wildly, puzzling scientists until they ...

Astronomers witnessed planets colliding 11,000 light-years away, an event that could shed light on the collision that created Earth's moon.

University of Washington astronomers discovered possible evidence of two planets colliding while reviewing 2020 telescope data. The finding came after a sun-like star about 11,000 light years away ...

A researcher discovered the rare cosmic event by noticing strange dips in a star's brightness in old telescope data. The collision created a hot cloud of rocks and dust, which researchers detected ...