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Hubble observations trace Beta Pictoris debris tail to collision
Key Takeaways
- Beta Pictoris is about 63 light-years away and only a few million years old.
- The Cat's Tail could wrap around the Sun-Earth system about 500 times.
- Researchers used 14 years of Hubble observations and infer a collision between two Pluto-sized bodies.
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DT Editorial Team··via space.com