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    Hungry, Hungry White Dwarfs: Solving the Puzzle of Stellar Metal Pollution

    May 5, 2024, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    Planetesimal orbits around a white dwarf. Initially, every planetesimal has a circular, prograde orbit. The kick forms an eccentric debris disk which with prograde (blue) and retrograde orbits (orange).
    Planetesimal orbits around a white dwarf. Initially, every planetesimal has a circular, prograde orbit. The kick forms an eccentric debris disk which with prograde (blue) and retrograde orbits (orange).
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    Steven Burrows/Madigan group

    Dead stars known as white dwarfs, have a mass like the sun while being similar in size to Earth. They are common in our galaxy, as 97% of stars are white dwarfs. As stars reach the end of their lives, their cores collapse into the dense ball of a white dwarf, making our galaxy seem like an ethereal graveyard.

    Despite their prevalence, the chemical makeup of these stellar remnants has been a conundrum for astronomers for years...

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