Could dying stars hold the secret to looking younger? New evidence from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope suggests that white dwarfs could continue to burn hydrogen in the final stages of their lives, causing them to appear more youthful than they actually are. This discovery could have consequences for how astronomers measure the ages of star clusters.
The release, images and videos are available on:
https://esahubble.org/news/heic2108/
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ESA/Hubble Information Centre
6 September 2021
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28 July 2021: ESA/Hubble has developed a special Word Bank, which provides insightful explanations of various astronomical concepts and objects in simple language.
The latest project developed by the ESA/Hubble outreach team …
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