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In addition, Western University astronomy professor Stanimir Metchev notes that the planet’s debris is actually quite comparable to the ice and dust grains produced by collisions of asteroids and comets we are familiar with, in our solar system.

That might sound ancient to most people, but, as the researchers behind the discovery noted, it formed “40 million years after the dinosaurs died out”. It’s not guaranteed that this younger system will evolve the same way ours did, but it certainly could.

If you’re into numbers, you’ll find that the 9% per cent illuminated Moon will be less than one degree from Venus and about 6 degrees from the second-brightest planet, Jupiter. They said that the view will be spectacular in the sky and might offer a divine view in the sky.