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“.
Hopefully no big purple guy with a big chin in it.
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In the galactic mirror everything is traced to us
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„Mysterious signal“, millions of voices that screamed out in terror and were suddenly silenced?
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That’s some Dark Forest stuff there…everyone shut the hell up
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„We think this X-ray signal could be from planetary debris pulled onto the white dwarf, as the death knell from a planet that was destroyed by the white dwarf in the Helix Nebula.“ Looks like its just giving this off because the planet got destroyed by the star. Not a mysterious signal.
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Alright, which science ship found this anomaly?
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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“.
Read more: [https://www.newsweek.com/astronomers-trace-mysterious-signal-destroyed-planet-nasa-chandra-x-ray-2039990](https://www.newsweek.com/astronomers-trace-mysterious-signal-destroyed-planet-nasa-chandra-x-ray-2039990)
Sounds like an amazing premise to a sci-fi book.
Hopefully no big purple guy with a big chin in it.
In the galactic mirror everything is traced to us
„Mysterious signal“, millions of voices that screamed out in terror and were suddenly silenced?
That’s some Dark Forest stuff there…everyone shut the hell up
„We think this X-ray signal could be from planetary debris pulled onto the white dwarf, as the death knell from a planet that was destroyed by the white dwarf in the Helix Nebula.“ Looks like its just giving this off because the planet got destroyed by the star. Not a mysterious signal.
Alright, which science ship found this anomaly?