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.
Bem, ambas as teorias poderiam explicar parte dos dados, mas o problema era que a estrela não parecia ser jovem e não havia qualquer brilho vindo de material incandescido pela luz estelar, e isso seria algo a se esperar se a estrela fosse jovem ou se tivesse ocorrido uma colisão, o que teria gerado muita poeira.