Two planets in orbit around a mature sun-like star recently suffered a violent collision, astronomers report. "It's as if Earth and Venus collided with each other," said Benjamin Zuckerman ...

For the first time ever, scientists have discovered evidence of two planets crashing into each other in a spectacular collision. These two distant exoplanets are thought to have been ice giants— ...

Two distant ... from the collision revealed its existence to NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, which picked up signatures from the impact in recent observations. The two-planet pileup occurred ...

On Wednesday (Oct. 11), an international team of astronomers reported the first-ever sightings of the aftermath of two giant planets colliding around a sun-like star in another planetary system.

A chance social media post by an eagle-eyed amateur astronomer sparked the discovery of an explosive collision between two giant planets, which crashed into each other in a distant space system ...

An artist’s impression of the huge, glowing planetary body produced by a planetary collision (Picture: PA) A chance social media post by an eagle-eyed amateur astronomer sparked the discovery of ...

The idea of two planets colliding may sound like a plot from the latest science fiction blockbuster, but according to NASA, it may have been a reality just 10 years ago. The space agency has ...

The planets will in reality still be millions of miles apart but from Earth they will appear as though they are almost touching or colliding ... be the closest the two planets have appeared ...

Researchers were caught by surprise when they observed what they believe to be the aftermath of two giant planets colliding. Space researchers have spotted the first ever “afterglow” of two ...

The two brightest planets will appear to be unusually close together - roughly two thirds of a full moon's width apart. They are not about to collide, it is only an illusion caused by line-of-sight.

A chance social media post by an eagle-eyed amateur astronomer sparked the discovery of an explosive collision between two massive planets. The two ice giant exoplanets collided around a sun-like ...