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Citizen Scientist Finds Ancient White Dwarf Star Encircled by Puzzling Rings
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In this illustration, an asteroid (bottom left) breaks apart under the powerful gravity of LSPM J0207+3331, the oldest, coldest white dwarf known to be surrounded by a ring of dusty debris. Scientists think the system’s infrared signal is best explained by two distinct rings composed of dust supplied by crumbling asteroids.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineCitizen Scientist Finds Ancient White Dwarf Star Encircled by Puzzling Rings. NASA/GSFC, 2019-02-19. Public domain. ID: white_dwarf_disk_final.
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