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JWST Looks at the Debris Disc Around a White Dwarf

White dwarfs are the ultimate fate of stars like our Sun, and one of the most exciting examples is located 95 light-years from Earth. In 2018, astronomers saw it suddenly flare up, suggesting that an exoasteroid was disrupted, leading to observations of dust and debris around the star. Astronomers think the star is surrounded by the remnants of its planetary system, crushed into a debris disk. Now, JWST has made its first observations of this intriguing star.

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