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reddingofish: Wouldn't the planets start orbiting each other first then after a while kinda merging into one planet. I would think a rouge planet flying in from wh... more »
Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Spitzer Telescope, eh??!? I wonder what round heavenly bodies the Dupré Telescope would show colliding together.... more »
Bokusatsu_Tenshi: ah... so this is what happens when you get kicked in the nuts. more »
deanbmmv: Wasn't the Earth and moon made to be made in s a similar way? Two Mars sized planets colliding, the crap ejected turning into the moon. The rest of th... more »
iGo: Can you imagine, standing on one of those planet... watching the sky and yelling, "There is giant ball falling from the sky... RRRRUUUUUNNN!!!!"... ..... more »
blazedshaggy: So I guess this means that Kal-El will be joining us here on earth soon? more »
DustyButt™: See! That's why we can't have anything nice, dammit! You take the time to get a planet just right... You know! A nice little crust on the outside... A... more »
GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: Well, in NJ, we're a no fault state, so this would be good for both planets insurances. more »
VitaHobbit: I think the guys in the ISS would be having a pretty tough time of things if there were no gravity in space. more »
wileecoyote: If no one is there to hear it, did it make a sound? more »

#nasa

Evidence of Planetary Collision Observed by NASA, Rebel Force Wanted for Questioning
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has picked up on what seems to be evidence of two planets impacting and then exploding in a oh-dear-God-it's-like-the-Death-Stars-all-over-again-no-no-nooooooooooo way. The artist's animation of the event looks phenomenal, but sadly lacks any kablooey! sounds. More »
#happybirthday

Spitzer Space Telescope Celebrates 5th Birthday With Portrait of Stellar Nursery
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, the last of the space agency's Great Observatories satellites to launch, celebrated its fifth birthday recently... giving me the opportunity to post this amazing multigenerational picture of star-forming region in the constellation Cassiopeia, 6,500 light-years from Earth. The photo takes in an area equivalent to four full moons and puts on show how one generation of massive stars can give birth to the next. More »

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