Tag: white dwarf
These stars challenge astronomers in their understanding of stellar evolution
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The falling debris of a planet falling on its star seen directly
When our Sun reaches the end of its life, it will first begin to grow exaggeratedly. Then it will shrink. Transforming into a white dwarf. What will then become of…
Astronomers have seen the debris of a planet falling on its star for the first time
When our Sun reaches the end of its life, it will first begin to grow exaggeratedly. Then it will shrink. Transforming into a white dwarf. What will then become of…
Debris rain from a planet on its star ‘seen’ directly for the first time
When our Sun reaches the end of its life, it will first begin to grow exaggeratedly. Then it will shrink. Transforming into a white dwarf. What will then become of…
“There’s nothing known in the sky that does that!” An exceptional object discovered in the Milky Way
The Universe will definitely never stop surprising us. Regularly, he reveals new objects to us. Unexpected. Surprising. Confusing. And today once again, a mysterious object that illuminates the sky with…
The enigma of stars older than the Universe seems solved
The more massive the stars evolve, and vice versa. The theory which explains this fact also makes it possible to date them, but it led to give an age clearly…