White dwarf caught devouring a frozen Pluto-like world

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Astronomers have detected the chemical fingerprint of a frozen, water-rich planetary fragment being devoured by a white dwarf star, offering the clearest evidence yet that icy, life-delivering objects exist beyond our Solar System. The find suggests fragments like comets and dwarf planets may be common ingredients of planetary systems.

Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 220954.htm
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