Weird science: Astronomers say 'disappearing planet' may never have existed

'One of the first exoplanets to ever be discovered ... likely never existed.'

The"exoplanet," which is a planet outside of our solar system, supposedly orbited around Fomalhaut, a star that's 25 light years away.

“These collisions are exceedingly rare and so this is a big deal that we actually get to see one,” said study lead author András Gáspár of the University of Arizona in a."We believe that we were at the right place at the right time to have witnessed such an unlikely event with the Hubble Space Telescope.

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