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  2. Dust Around an Old Star?


    Investigators from NAI’s UCLA and* Carnegie Institution of Washington* Lead Teams observed dust orbiting an old, relatively dead star, GD 362, and published their results in the_ Astrophysical Journal_ this month. This enigmatic observation could form the basis for predictions about the end of our own solar system.

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  3. A Solar Analogue Explored


    Astronomers from NAI’s Lead Teams at UCLA and the Carnegie Institution of Washington describe in this week’s issue of Nature their observations of large quantities of warm dust debris surrounding a Sun-like star some 300 light years from Earth. The dust is orbiting close to the star, and is similar in composition to dust in the Solar System. The composition and quantity of the dust may indicate massive and/or frequent collisions of large objects, perhaps similar to the...

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