Astronomers think this 'dust mass' may either be the material of a planet coming into existence — or, in another brutal possibility, the remains of a planet that was torn apart.
A team of astronomers who published their findings in the journal
Astronomers think this "dust mass" may either be the material of a planet coming into existence — or, in another brutal possibility, the remains of a planet that was torn apart. "We can imagine that a planet can share its orbit with thousands of asteroids as in the case of Jupiter, but it is mind blowing to me that planets could share the same orbit," said Olga Balsalobre-Ruza, the study's first author and a postdoc at the Centre for Astrobiology, in the statement.
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