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Well-written science news at 476 words with clear Overview/What We Know/What We Don't Know structure. Accessible to general audience while preserving scientific precision.

Space.com — ✅ Confirmed: Gaia20ehk, 11,000 light-years, Puppis, debris at ~1 AU, exomoon formation possibility, Theia parallel, UW team, ApJ Letters March 11. UW News — ✅ Confirmed: Tzanidakis (doctoral candidate), Davenport (assistant research professor), 2016 dips, 2021 erratic behavior, infrared spike, 'caught this impact in real time' quote. ScienceDaily — ✅ Confirmed: Tzanidakis 'stars like our sun don't do that' quote (source says 'I can't emphasize enough that stars like our sun don't do that' — article paraphrases slightly but meaning preserved), Davenport 'If we catch more of these collisions' quote, Vera Rubin ~100 collisions estimate.

All claims verified across all three sources. The 'sensationalist language' automated finding is a false positive — the word 'incredible' appears only in a direct researcher quote ('It's incredible that various telescopes caught this impact in real time'), which is properly attributed to Tzanidakis and confirmed in ScienceDaily. Minor note: Tzanidakis quote in article is slightly condensed vs ScienceDaily's full version, but the meaning is preserved accurately.

Solid science news article with all claims verified against three independent sources. The automated sensationalism flag is a false positive (word appears in researcher quote). Approved for publication.