Scientists discover smallest Dead Star at a distance of 130 Light Years

New Delhi : Our universe holds countless mysteries within itself. Talking about such a mystery, recently scientists have discovered a dead star which is the size of the Moon. Whose mass is greater than that of the Sun. The name of this dead star is ZTF J1901+1458, which is 4280 kilometers i.e. 2660 miles away but it is estimated to be 1.35 times the mass of the Sun.

It is a white dwarf star, which means that it has ceased to exist. According to the report published on the website of the international news channel Wion, the Dead Star is located 130 light years away from us. Light year is the largest unit of distance measurement. This star is very dense, which is very close to the Chandrasekhar Limit. This limit refers to the maximum mass that a white dwarf star can have before it becomes unstable. A star dies in an explosion that follows.

The team of scientists studying the white dwarf star thinks that it is a unit formed after the merger between two white dwarf stars. The white dwarf star is 100 million years old. Which has a very strong magnetic effect. Its magnetic field is a billion times stronger than that of the Sun. The scientists’ report has been published in the science journal Nature.

Dead stars are a threat to the solar system
After the completion of its age, a star also destroys the remaining planets of its solar system. Scientists associated with NASA have found important evidence in support of this concept established over the years. Scientists have seen evidence of such an event through NASA’s space telescope Kepler. During the K2 mission, scientists saw a small meteorite breaking into pieces near a white dwarf star. For a long time, space scientists have believed that white dwarf stars, commonly called dead stars, have the ability to destroy the remaining planets of their solar system.