# Astronomers May Have Witnessed Two Planets Colliding

- slug: astronomers-may-have-witnessed-two-planets-colliding
- date: 2026-03-12

Astronomers have caught what appears to be a cosmic catastrophe in progress — two planets colliding around a star roughly 11,000 light-years from Earth.

The star, Gaia20ehk, sits near the constellation Puppis.

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