Well, both of these theories could explain part of the data, but the difficulties were that the star showed no signs of being young, and there was no glow from any of the material that was heated up by the star's light, and you would expect this if the star was young or if there was a collision and a lot of dust was produced.
Обе эти теории могли объяснить часть данных, но загвоздка была в отсутствии признаков молодой звезды. Не было свечения элементов, нагретых светом звезды, — такое бывает у молодой звезды или при столкновении, после которого образовалось много пыли.