BOUNDLESS EXPANSE 3D

SDSS J1228+1040

A white dwarf crowned with a glowing ring of gas and dust, the pulverized remains of rocky bodies that strayed too close. The ring shines because the dead star's intense radiation lights it up, and it visibly changes shape over the years. A funeral wreath made of former worlds, slowly settling onto the star that destroyed them.

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