esahubble_heic0608c August 17th, 2006
Credit: NASA, ESA and H. Richer (University of British Columbia)
The image pinpoints one of the dim white dwarfs seen by Hubble (in the centre of the image, between the two brighter stars). The white dwarf has been cooling for billions of years. It is so cool that instead of looking red, it has undergone a chemical change in its atmosphere that makes it appear blue.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0608c/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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