Saturday, November 1, 2025

Astronomers Spot a White Dwarf That's Still Consuming its Planets

Artist’s illustration of a 3-billion-year-old white dwarf star accreting material from the remnants of its former planetary system.. Credit: NASA/ESA/Joseph Olmsted (STScI)

Astronomers found a 3 billion-year-old white dwarf actively accreting material from its former planetary system. This discovery challenges assumptions about the late stages of stellar remnant evolution.



How do we find cosmic voids?

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To answer that question of what’s inside a void, we have to first decide what a void…is.