White Dwarf Star (Artist’s Concept) – This artist’s concept depicts a smaller white dwarf star pulling material from a larger star, right, into an accretion disk. Scientists used NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarization Explorer) to study a white dwarf star and its X-ray polarization.
<div class="media_block"><img src="http://unitedyam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/white-dwarf-star-artists-concept-this-artists-concept-depicts-a-smaller-white-dwarf-star-pulling-material-from-a-larger-star-right-into-an-accretion-disk-scientists-used-nasa.jpg"></div>This artist’s concept depicts a smaller white dwarf star pulling material from a larger star, right, into an accretion disk. Scientists used NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarization Explorer) to study a white dwarf star and its X-ray polarization.

This artist’s concept depicts a smaller white dwarf star pulling material from a larger star, right, into an accretion disk. Scientists used NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarization Explorer) to study a white dwarf star and its X-ray polarization.

Source: https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/mit-polarized-dwarf-01-press-0-2/

White Dwarf Star (Artist’s Concept) - This artist’s concept depicts a smaller white dwarf star pulling material from a larger star, right, into an accretion disk. Scientists used NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarization Explorer) to study a white dwarf star and its X-ray polarization.