White Dwarf Hints at Our Solar System's End

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LJK — 12/22/2006 8:19:06 PM (archived)

White Dwarf Hints at Our Solar System's End

A debris disk spied recently around a distant dead star is likely the remains of
an asteroid that was vaporized when the star died, scientists say.

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/061222_wdwarf_disk.html

Just one asteroid? I would assume a lot more than one and a lot more
than that system's asteroids were vaporized.

I just hope the residents got out in time.

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