Astronomers trace mysterious signal to destroyed planet

By Soo Kim – Life and Trends Reporter:

Astronomers may have solved a enigma involving a mysterious X-ray signal from a dying star that’s been puzzling scientists since 1980.

New data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory telescope and the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton satellite has shown that a planet may have been destroyed by a white dwarf—one of the dimmest stars in the universe—at the center of a planetary nebula known as the Helix Nebula, or “WD 2226-210”.

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