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I don't get it. Couldn't it have cooled down already and we're only seeing the junk?
by kyberias 11y ago
I don't get it. Couldn't it have cooled down already and we're only seeing the junk?
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- madaxe_again 11y agoUnlikely. The only place for thermal energy to escape is into deep space, in the form of infrared radiation. Given that the dimming has been large and recent, it would have to have been a recent collision - which would take millions of years to cool.