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.
Rigel and the Witch Head Nebula
Credits: Mario Cogo, Galax Lux
The Trifid Nebula, M20 // Liam McDermott
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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
Can you?
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There seems to be an issue when I try to take a picture. It ends up completely white.
The Bubble Galaxy, NGC 3521 // Mark Hanson
Hm.
It is alright.
I have a countless amount of time ahead of me.
Perhaps my electromagnetic field.
Or... perhaps my spacetime abilities are stabilizing your material into a singular time point.
Well, I can always upgrade my optics to detect molecular structures.
It will take some time, however.
I see you found your way to the cat content.
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I have indeed.
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