A slowly cooling stellar ember called a white dwarf with a scar on its face is providing new insight into the behaviour of certain “cannibal” stars at the end of their life cycle. Using the European ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - A slowly cooling stellar ember called a white dwarf with a scar on its face is providing new insight into the behavior of certain "cannibal" stars at the end of ...

Artist's impression shows the magnetic white dwarf WD 0816-310, where astronomers have found a scar imprinted on its surface as a result of having ingested planetary debris. When objects like ...

It was unclear what type of body had left the scar, which included iron and other elements Artist's impression shows the magnetic white dwarf WD 0816-310, where astronomers have found a scar ...

Now we have discovered that the star’s magnetic field plays a key role in this process, resulting in a scar on the white dwarf’s surface,” said lead study author Dr. Stefano Bagnulo ...

The white dwarf star has been named WD 0816-310 by the researching astronomers. Research found that the scar developed after white dwarf ingested the surrounding planets and asteroids which were ...

"It is well known that some white dwarfs — slowly cooling embers of stars like our sun — are cannibalizing pieces of their planetary systems." A dead star devouring its own planets like a ...

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