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11 November 2015

The remains of a fatal interaction between a dead star and its asteroid supper have been studied in detail for the first time by an international team of astronomers using the Very Large Telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. This gives a glimpse of the far-future fate of the Solar System.

The release, images and videos are available on:
http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1544/

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The ESO Education and Public Outreach Department
11 November 2015




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