Only a few thousand years ago? That must be the shallow end of deep space. Relatively speaking (npi), isn’t that like in the back yard?
>Only a few thousand years ago?
>That must be the shallow end of deep space.
>Relatively speaking (npi),
>isn’t that like in the back yard?
The planets and their star are only about a hundred light-years away, not a few thousand. A ‘few thousand’ is the AGE of the event (in years).
“Infrared detectors on Spitzer found the traces of rocky rubble and re-frozen lava around a young star, called HD 172555, still in the early stages of planet formation. The system is about 100 light-years from Earth. One light-year is the distance light travels in a year (about six trillion miles).
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,538815,00.html?test=latestnews
“The two-planet pileup occurred within the last few thousand years or so...”
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,538815,00.html?test=latestnews