Artist's impression of planetary crusts accreting into a white dwarf. Credit: University of Warwick/Mark Garlick (IMAGE)

University of Warwick

Artist's impression of planetary crusts accreting into a white dwarf. Credit: University of Warwick/Mark Garlick

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Remnants of planetary crust disintegrating under the tidal forces around a cool white dwarf. Material in the disc becomes vapourised close to the central star and flows onto the white dwarf atmosphere.

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University of Warwick/Mark Garlick

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