1000-Year-Old Cosmic Rainbow: Dead Star Defies Science with Immense Energy!

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News18•13-01-2026, 18:05
1000-Year-Old Cosmic Rainbow: Dead Star Defies Science with Immense Energy!
- •A glowing 'rainbow' or nebula, a 'Bow Shock', has been observed around the white dwarf RXJ0528+2838, 731 light-years away.
- •This dead star, typically quiescent, is emitting immense energy continuously for 1000 years without an energy-generating disk.
- •Scientists at Durham University are astonished as this phenomenon challenges all previous theories about dead stars.
- •The Very Large Telescope (VLT) confirmed layers of hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen around the star, indicating a steady energy flow.
- •A powerful magnetic field is hypothesized to be the 'mystery engine' pulling matter directly onto the star, creating the 'Bow Shock'.
Why It Matters: A dead star's 1000-year energy emission challenges astrophysics, hinting at an unknown cosmic mechanism.
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