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ESA/Hubble heic2511: Hubble sees white dwarf eating piece of Pluto-like object. In our nearby stellar neighbourhood, a burned-out star is snacking on a fragment of a Pluto-like object. With its unique ultraviolet capability, only the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope could identify that this meal is taking place.

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ESA/Hubble News
18 September 2025

In our nearby stellar neighbourhood, a burned-out star is snacking on a fragment of a Pluto-like object. With its unique ultraviolet capability, only the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope could identify that this meal is taking place.

The release, images and videos are available on:
https://esahubble.org/news/heic2511/

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ESA/Hubble Information Centre
18 September 2025




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