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Home Rubble in space can signal either birth or death: the formation of a planetary system or the end of planet. For Alderaan, the Death Star’s fatal strike transformed the planet into an asteroid field. In this artist’s concept, the swirling disk of debris is part of the formation of a new star system, and plays a key role in the creation of new planets. (NASA/JPL-Caltech) Rubble in space can signal either birth or death: the formation of a planetary system or the end of planet. For Alderaan, the Death Star's fatal strike transformed the planet into an asteroid field. In this artist's concept, the swirling disk of debris is part of the formation of a new star system, and plays a key role in the creation of new planets. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Rubble in space can signal either birth or death: the formation of a planetary system or the end of planet. For Alderaan, the Death Star’s fatal strike transformed the planet into an asteroid field. In this artist’s concept, the swirling disk of debris is part of the formation of a new star system, and plays a key role in the creation of new planets. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Rubble in space can signal either birth or death: the formation of a planetary system or the end of planet. For Alderaan, the Death Star's fatal strike transformed the planet into an asteroid field. In this artist's concept, the swirling disk of debris is part of the formation of a new star system, and plays a key role in the creation of new planets. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Rubble in space can signal either birth or death: the formation of a planetary system or the end of planet. For Alderaan, the Death Star’s fatal strike transformed the planet into an asteroid field. In this artist’s concept, the swirling disk of debris is part of the formation of a new star system, and plays a key role in the creation of new planets. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Super-Earth Kepler-22b may not hide an army of clones, but it may resemble the grey water-world of Kamino with its own super ocean. While the true composition of Kepler-22b’s surface is unknown, an ocean world about the size of Earth could be comfortably habitable. (NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech)