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Astronomers spot rare double-ring system around white dwarf 1,600 light years away

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Astronomers spot rare double-ring system around white dwarf 1,600 light years away
Astronomers spot rare double-ring system around white dwarf 1,600 light years away · Emirates 24/7

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WASHINGTON: Billions of years from now, the sun is expected to run out ‌of fuel and greatly ​expand into what is called a red giant, eventually shedding its out ...

The white dwarf, named J1328−1450, is located in the Milky Way roughly 1,600 light-years from Earth, in the constellation Virgo.

Artist's impression shows two gaseous discs of debris from planetary wreckage around the white dwarf J1328−1450 -- the dead core of a star similar to our sun that expelled its outer layers at the end of its lifetime.

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