University of Warwick: Cosmic Crime Scene - White Dwarf Found Devouring Pluto-like Icy World
September 19, 2025
September 19, 2025
COVENTRY, England, Sept. 19 (TNSjou) -- The University of Warwick issued the following news release:
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Cosmic Crime Scene: White dwarf found devouring Pluto-like icy world
University of Warwick astronomers have uncovered the chemical fingerprint of a frozen, water-rich planetary fragment being consumed by a white dwarf star outside our Solar System.
In our Solar System, it is thought that comets and icy planetesimals (small solid objects in . . .
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Cosmic Crime Scene: White dwarf found devouring Pluto-like icy world
University of Warwick astronomers have uncovered the chemical fingerprint of a frozen, water-rich planetary fragment being consumed by a white dwarf star outside our Solar System.
In our Solar System, it is thought that comets and icy planetesimals (small solid objects in . . .