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Hubble sees white dwarf eating piece of Pluto-like object

Hubble sees white dwarf eating piece of Pluto-like object

heic2511 — Science Release 18 September 2025 In our nearby stellar neighbourhood, a burned-out star is snacking on a fragment of a Pluto-like object. With its unique ultraviolet capability, only the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope could identify that this meal is taking place. The stellar remnant is a white dwarf about half the mass of our Sun, but that is …

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