Tag: White Dwarf
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White Dwarf Engulfs Pluto-Like Icy World, Exoplanet Clues
Discovery: A White Dwarf and an Icy Pluto-Like World Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have identified a white dwarf in the Milky Way that carries chemical traces of having swallowed an icy body similar to Pluto. The star sits about 255 light-years from Earth and weighs roughly 0.57 solar masses. White dwarfs are the…
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White Dwarf Swallows Pluto-Like Icy World: Implications for Habitable Planets
New finding from Hubble reveals a white dwarf feasting on an icy Pluto-like world Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have identified a striking example of a white dwarf—one of the universe’s most compact stellar remnants—appearing to have consumed an icy, Pluto-like body. The star resides in the Milky Way, roughly 255 light-years from Earth,…
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White Dwarf Feasts on Pluto-like World, Hinting at Icy Exoplanets
A White Dwarf and an Ice-World Snack Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have identified a white dwarf star—an ultra-dense, compact stellar remnant—that appears to have consumed an icy body resembling Pluto. The finding, published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, provides a striking clue about the kinds of frozen material that exist…