Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
In a nearby corner of our galactic neighborhood, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope just caught a white dwarf star having a cosmic snack.
This burned-out star is about half the mass of our Sun, crammed into a body the size of Earth, and it’s tearing apart something a lot like Pluto.
Thanks to Hubble, we are not only witnessing a star’s strange appetite, but glimpsing our own solar system’s possible future.
For more information, visit science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Paul Morris: Lead Producer
Music Credit:
"Stellar Bloom" by Adrian Nicholas Valdez [SESAC] via Emperia Sigma Publishing [SESAC] and Universal Production Music
Video Credit:
Ring of rocky debris around a white dwarf star: Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, and G. Bacon (STScI)
Red Giant Sun: Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen)
Artist Concept of White Dwarf Eating Pluto-Like Object: Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, and Tim Pyle
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In a nearby corner of our galactic neighborhood, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope just caught a white dwarf star having a cosmic snack.
This burned-out star is about half the mass of our Sun, crammed into a body the size of Earth, and it’s tearing apart something a lot like Pluto.
Thanks to Hubble, we are not only witnessing a star’s strange appetite, but glimpsing our own solar system’s possible future.
For more information, visit science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Paul Morris: Lead Producer
Music Credit:
"Stellar Bloom" by Adrian Nicholas Valdez [SESAC] via Emperia Sigma Publishing [SESAC] and Universal Production Music
Video Credit:
Ring of rocky debris around a white dwarf star: Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, and G. Bacon (STScI)
Red Giant Sun: Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen)
Artist Concept of White Dwarf Eating Pluto-Like Object: Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, and Tim Pyle
This video can be freely shared and downloaded at svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14901. While the video in its entirety can be shared without permission, the music and some individual imagery may have been obtained through permission and may not be excised or remixed in other products. Specific details on such imagery may be found here: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14901. For more information on NASA’s media guidelines, visit nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines/index.html.
See more Hubble videos on YouTube: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiuUQ9asub3Ta8mqP5LNiOhOygRzue8kN
Follow NASA's Hubble Space Telescope:
· Facebook: facebook.com/NASAHubble
· X: twitter.com/NASAHubble
· Instagram: instagram.com/NASAHubble
· Flickr: flickr.com/photos/nasahubble
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· Flickr flickr.com/photos/gsfc
