Dusty Old Star Offers Window to Our Future, Astronomers Report

Artist's visualization of what a dust disk might look like around the white dwarf GD 362. A more distant planet (shown at upper left) might be responsible for "shepherding" the dust ring and promoting ongoing collisions.

Credit:

Gemini Observatory/NSF/AURA/J. Lomberg

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Id:gemini0510a
Type:Artwork
Release date:Sept. 8, 2005, 8 p.m.
Related releases:gemini0510
Size:3300 x 2475 px

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Category:Stars

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