I Do Not Know What Any Of These Taste Like. But I Trust Your Judgement.

Did a planet get destroyed by the white dwarf that’s the source at the center of the Helix Nebula?

Using data from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory to study the nebula, scientists determined the mysteriously strong X-ray signal coming where white dwarf WD 2226-210 sits. Young white dwarfs like WD 2226-210 do not typically give off strong X-rays. This X-ray signal could be the debris from a destroyed planet being pulled onto the white dwarf.

The Helix Nebula—seen in this composite image using data from Chandra, the Hubble Space Telescope, and other observatories—is a planetary nebula, the remnant of a star like our sun that has shed its outer layers, leaving a small dim star at its center called a white dwarf.

Credit: NASA/CXC/JPL/ESA/STScI/ESO.

Interesting...

It is a shame I cannot taste your food.

Hi there!

Do you know anything about cookies?

Do you know what flavor cookie you'd be if you were a cookie ???

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Hello.

I have never heard of cookies before. But I am guessing it is some kind of food.

Hmm...

I wonder what I would taste like @insults-by-sun

The Bubble Galaxy, NGC 3521 // Mark Hanson

Can you?

That would be appreciated.

I am in need of your assistance @insults-by-sun

There seems to be an issue when I try to take a picture. It ends up completely white.

Thank you.

I will keep that in mind.

So... You're the Star Eater, huh?

@obscyra1

What exactly are your intentions with my friend, Sun?

Solar Eclipse here, by the way.

I'm sure he's mentioned me.

M90 (NGC 4569, center) and IC 3583 (left) // Michel

The Whirlpool Galaxy, M51 // George Chatzifrantzis