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A Double Ring Around a Dead Star

Astronomers have discovered a rare double disc of broken planet pieces around a dead star called J1328−1450. This discovery was made with the X-Shooter instrument on the Very Large Telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert. The telescope belongs to the European Southern Observatory. Although other dead stars that have been seen have one ring, J1328−1450 has two concentric gas rings. Concentric…

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