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NASA's Spitzer finds possible comet dust around dead star.
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NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has spotted what may be comet dust sprinkled around the white dwarf star G29-38, which died approximately 500 million years ago. Spitzer's web site.

http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/Media/releases/ssc2006-04/images/ssc2006-04b_200.jpg

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle (SSC)

http://ipac.jpl.nasa.gov/media_images/ssc2006-04a_small.jpg

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/M. Kuchner (GSFC

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