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Comet Bites the Dust Around Dead Star Artist Concept
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Comet Bites the Dust Around Dead Star Artist Concept

NASA / JPL · 2006-01-11 · photograph (digital archive)

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This artist concept illustrates a comet being torn to shreds around a dead star, or white dwarf, called G29-38. NASA Spitzer Space Telescope observed a cloud of dust around this white dwarf that may have been generated from comet disruption.

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G29-38Spitzer Space Telescope
Credit lineComet Bites the Dust Around Dead Star Artist Concept. NASA/JPL, 2006-01-11. Public domain. ID: PIA03652.
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