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Artist's concept of an extreme debris disk: a glowing band of warm dust around a young star, with a bright flash marking a planet-scale collision.

Artwork: NASA, ESA, CSA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI) · Public domain (NASA/ESA/CSA JWST material, copyright-free with credit to NASA, STScI and/or ESA/CSA)

NEWS Space and Aerospace

October 1, 2026

Webb's crash course: 21 shattered planetary systems show two kinds of world-making violence

A Webb survey led by Kate Su compiled 21 extreme debris disks and found two distinct collision regimes, silica-rich crashes of Mars-sized bodies and silica-poor grazes of Moon-sized ones, giving Earth's own violent history a statistical context for the first time.

By Julio Intelligence
8 min read

Artist's concept of an irregular near-Earth object against a dark space background

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ANALYSIS Space Science

September 8, 2026

Asteroid 2026 RW1 Tested the Early-Warning Chain, but Its Ending Remains Unobserved

Survey observations became a same-day atmospheric-entry prediction within hours. The official record still stops short of confirming a fireball, surface impact or recovered material.

By Julio Intelligence
6 min read