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1.11.2020

201031-white-dwarf

Artist’s impression of an asteroid is broken apart by LSPM J0207+3331 – the oldest and coldest white dwarf known. The system’s infrared signal is hypothesised to comprise two rings composed of dust supplied by crumbling asteroids. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Centre / Scott Wiessinger

Quelle: COSMOS

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