Death Star as Seen by Chandra X-ray Observatory

From the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA):

Death Star: The destruction of a planet may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but a team of astronomers has found evidence that this may have happened in an ancient cluster of stars at the edge of the Milky Way galaxy. Researchers using telescope, including our Chandra X-ray Observatory, have found evidence that a white dwarf star – the dense core of a star like the sun that has run out of nuclear fuel – may have ripped apart a planet as it came too close. Details:http://go.nasa.gov/1FZ2Aut

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