Vampire star discovered in deep space
While trawling through data from the Kepler Space Telescope astronomers caught a White dwarf star sucking the life out of a Brown dwarf.
Vampire star discovered in deep space
Vampire stars discovered in deep space. It's been 2 years since the Kepler mission ended. But it's data is still revealing new mysteries. And now perking through that data experts have found ...
A dwarf Nova that is feasting on its neighbor. The system includes a White dwarf with a Brown dwarf as a companion. The Brown dwarf orbit the White dwarf every 83 minutes. The White dwarf is at the same distance as the moon is from Earth. This close proximity is allowing White dwarf's gravity to strip the material from Brown dwarf much like a vampire
Kepler was in the right place at the right time when the event occurred. It observed a slow rise in brightness at the beginning followed by rapid intensification. This type of dwarf nova system is rare with only about 100 known examples. Scientists plan to continue searching through data from Kepler and another exoplanet Hunter TESS