# @europeanspaceagency on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DVyq3krF7nc
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/59273505-europeanspaceagency-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/5bc41056c7.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-03-12T16:50:00.000+00:00

## Caption

Asteroids don’t just collide in our Solar System 💥

Using @hubbleesa, astronomers spotted the expanding debris cloud from a powerful asteroid collision around the nearby star Fomalhaut — just 95 light-years away.

It’s a rare chance to watch how planetary systems evolve in real time, and a reminder that planet formation is anything but calm.

📹 @europeanspaceagency 
🎞️ @NASA, ESA, @space_telescopes R. Crawford (STScI), @creativecommons BY 4.0; NASA, ESA, P. Kalas (UC Berkeley), J. DePasquale (STScI), CC BY 4.0
📸 NASA, ESA, P. Kalas (UC Berkeley), J. DePasquale (STScI); CC BY 4.0

## Stats

- **Views:** 26,465
- **Likes:** 1,889
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 12

## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ESA - European Space Agency | @europeanspaceagency | https://gondola.cc/europeanspaceagency | Government Organization |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Producer |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Content Producer |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Editor |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Video Editor |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Social Media Manager |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Senior Social Media Manager |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Publisher |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Digital Creator |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Copywriter |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Community Manager |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Subtitler |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Screenwriter |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Thumbnail Designer |

## Tags

europeanspaceagency, space

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