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A pair of comets partially melt as they collide in an inset image, lower right, with the system’s young star and accretion disk in the background.
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Thomas Müller (MPIA/HdA)
Scientist imagine the scene when two comets collided in the Fomalhaut system, only 25 light years from Earth.

Astronomers discover huge dust clouds from violent collisions around nearby star

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UCSB's Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement Program Named Among Nation's Top Academic Preparation Programs

UCSB's Institute for Energy Efficiency Designs Lamps for Schoolchildren Around the World

Scientists Demonstrate Biomagnification of Nanomaterials in Simple Food Chain

Research by Physicists Honored as Science's 2010 Breakthrough of the Year

National Team of Scientists Predicts Continued Death of Forests In Southwestern U.S. Due to Problems Caused by Climate Change

National Team of Scientists Peers into the Future of Stem Cell Biology; Research Raises Connections between Cancer and Stem Cells

New NCEAS Study: Ravenous Foreign Pests Threaten National Treasures

UCSB Scientists Report Study of ‘Brain Maps' for How Humans Reach; Robotics and Machine-Brain Interface for Paraplegics May Benefit

UCSB to Host Meeting of Central Coast Clean Cities Coalition

Tempest in a Teapot: International Team of Scientists Describes Basic Laboratory Science of Hurricanes and Other Swirling Natural Phenomena

UCSB History Associates Lecture to Examine Earthquake Prediction: ‘The "Big One" –– Coming Soon on a Fault Near You?'

Bacteria Use ‘Toxic Darts’ to Disable Each Other, According to Scientists
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