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Asteroid Bites the Dust Around Dead Star Artist Concept
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About this work
NASA Spitzer Space Telescope set its infrared eyes upon the dusty remains of shredded asteroids around several dead stars. This artist concept illustrates a white dwarf, surrounded by the bits and pieces of a disintegrating asteroid.
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Credit lineAsteroid Bites the Dust Around Dead Star Artist Concept. NASA/JPL, 2009-01-05. Public domain. ID: PIA11735.
