Sentences with phrase «surrounding white dwarfs»

Astronomers have even used the blended debris surrounding white dwarfs to decipher whether any rocky planets were once in orbit.

The brilliant purple at the center of this stellar «eye» is the ultraviolet and infared glow of dust surrounding the white dwarf.

Not exact matches

This system shows all three: a polluted white dwarf, a surrounding debris disk, and at least one compact, rocky object.

A fraction of polluted white dwarfs showed signs of surrounding debris disks, but the origin of the disks was uncertain.

One is probably a red giant that is still blowing off its atmosphere; the other is most likely a white dwarf stealing gas from its giant companion and lighting up the surrounding nebula.