Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a rare and violent event unfolding around the nearby star Fomalhaut, an apparent collision between two large bodies in a distant planetary system.
This discovery sheds light on the chaotic processes that may have shaped our own solar system billions of years ago.
With support from both Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers are now closely monitoring the aftermath.
For more information, visit science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Paul Morris: Lead Producer
Animation of Planetesimal being Destroyed Created by STSci
Music Credit:
“Looking to the Future" by Carl David Harms [IMRO] via BBC Production Music [PRS] and Universal Production Music
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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a rare and violent event unfolding around the nearby star Fomalhaut, an apparent collision between two large bodies in a distant planetary system.
This discovery sheds light on the chaotic processes that may have shaped our own solar system billions of years ago.
With support from both Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers are now closely monitoring the aftermath.
For more information, visit science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Paul Morris: Lead Producer
Animation of Planetesimal being Destroyed Created by STSci
Music Credit:
“Looking to the Future" by Carl David Harms [IMRO] via BBC Production Music [PRS] and Universal Production Music
This video can be freely shared and downloaded at svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14837. While the video in its entirety can be shared without permission, the music and some individual imagery may have been obtained through permission and may not be excised or remixed in other products. Specific details on such imagery may be found here: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14837. For more information on NASA’s media guidelines, visit nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/.
See more Hubble videos on YouTube: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiuUQ9asub3Ta8mqP5LNiOhOygRzue8kN
Follow NASA's Hubble Space Telescope:
· Facebook: facebook.com/NASAHubble
· X: twitter.com/NASAHubble
· Instagram: instagram.com/NASAHubble
· Flickr: flickr.com/photos/nasahubble
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youtube.com/NASAGoddard
Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
· Instagram instagram.com/nasagoddard
· X twitter.com/NASAGoddard
· Facebook: facebook.com/NASAGoddard
· Flickr flickr.com/photos/gsfc
