Planet destroyed by white dwarf. Artwork of the white dwarf star GD 362 pulling apart a planet. The debris is being incorporated into Saturn-like rings. A white dwarf is a collapsed remnant of a star after it has run out of nuclear fuel and expanded into a red giant. This star is located around 150 lights years from Earth,in the constellation of Hercules. An account of the research supporting this scenario was published in 2009 | |
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