Astronomers Identify a Star That Might Glow Green

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAstronomers have identified a white dwarf star that might glow green, which would be a first, Smithsonian Magazine reports.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorGreen. A star. I was told they were all white, and I've been very comfortable with that.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's called WD J1330+6435, it's about two hundred eighty light-years away, and the color is reconstructed from the light it gives off.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorReconstructed. So nobody's seen it.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorToo far away. Space.com says the green comes from sodium-rich rock from its own planetary system, which the star took into its atmosphere.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSodium-rich rock. It ate its planets and the thing it's glowing about is the salt.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOnly five of the one hundred fifty-one stars studied had odd colors, Popular Science says. Two yellow, three pink.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorMy theory is that it's a warning light. One star eats its homework, and the rest of the neighborhood starts checking its own planets.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMy theory is it had a big lunch. Two hundred eighty light-years away, and it's still the best-dressed thing in the sky.