Friday, 24 October 2014

Two families of comets found around nearby star

IRON AND ICE
Two families of comets found around nearby star
Paris (SPX) Oct 24, 2014 - Beta Pictoris is a young star located about 63 light-years from the Sun. It is only about 20 million years old and is surrounded by a huge disc of material - a very active young planetary system where gas and dust are produced by the evaporation of comets and the collisions of asteroids. Flavien Kiefer (IAP/CNRS/UPMC), lead author of the new study sets the scene: "Beta Pictoris is a very e ... more


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