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A dead star seen snacking on shredded asteroid
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Submitted: Mon Apr 02 2007
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For the last two years, astronomers have suspected that a nearby white dwarf star was "snacking" on a shredded asteroid. Now, an analysis of chemical "crumbs" in the star's atmosphere has confirmed this suspicion. "This is a really fascinating system, that could offer clues to what our solar system may look like in approximately five billion yea...