White Dwarf G29-38 Accreting Debris
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Artist's impression of a white dwarf, G29-38, accreting planetary material from a circumstellar debris disk. When the planetary material hits the white dwarf surface, a plasma is formed and cools via detectable X-ray emission.
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Title: White Dwarf G29-38 Accreting Debris

Category: Stars & Nebulae

Date: Jan 2022

Client: University of Warwick

Medium: Photoshop

Keywords: accretion Adobe Photoshop astrophysics debris dust limb press release ring University of Warwick white dwarf X-rays

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