DESI side project reveals the spectra of disintegrated exoplanets - Phys.org
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DESI side project reveals the spectra of disintegrated exoplanets - Phys.org

Source:Phys.Org
Author:Sam Jarman

Using spectral data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), astronomers have gained some of the clearest evidence yet that white dwarf stars are accreting debris from disintegrating exoplanets. Captured while DESI was unable to study its primary…