06-04-2025
Dead Star Consumes Material From Planets In Hubble Data
Hubble Space Telescope observations of white dwarf star G238-44 has shown that it is "consuming both rocky-metallic and icy material, the ingredients of planets," according to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Music & Sound 'Through a Computer Screen' by Raphael Olivier [SACEM] via KTSA Publishing [SACEM] and Universal Production Music ESA Credit: Ring of rocky debris around a white dwarf star (artist's impression) Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, and G. Bacon (STScI) Evaporating extrasolar planet, from Video (artist's impression) Credit: ESA, Alfred Vidal-Madjar (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS, France) and NASA. Red Giant Sun Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen) Flight through our Solar System Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen) ESO Credit: Comets in Solar System Credit on screen with : ESO/L. Calçada/N. Risinger (
