{"id":347954,"date":"2026-01-13T03:34:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T17:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=afea80152fce5b489f1f6199e3499812"},"modified":"2026-01-13T03:34:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T17:34:43","slug":"white-dwarf-star-artists-concept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=347954","title":{"rendered":"White Dwarf Star (Artist\u2019s Concept)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mit-polarized-dwarf-01-press-0.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mit-polarized-dwarf-01-press-0.webp?w=900\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A smaller white dwarf star (middle left) pulls material from a larger star into a swirling accretion disk. The star is yellow with a brighter yellow rim. The material is multicolored, giving the disk surrounding the star a striped appearance. The larger star on the right is golden yellow.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mit-polarized-dwarf-01-press-0.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mit-polarized-dwarf-01-press-0.webp?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mit-polarized-dwarf-01-press-0.webp?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mit-polarized-dwarf-01-press-0.webp?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mit-polarized-dwarf-01-press-0.webp?resize=600,400 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">This artist\u2019s concept depicts a smaller white dwarf star pulling material from a larger star, right, into an accretion disk. Scientists used NASA\u2019s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarization Explorer) to study a white dwarf star and its X-ray polarization.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">MIT\/Jose-Luis Olivares<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A smaller white dwarf star (left) pulls material from a larger star into a swirling accretion disk in this artist\u2019s concept released Nov. 19, 2025, to illustrate the first use of NASA\u2019s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarization Explorer) to study a white dwarf star.<\/p>\n<p>IXPE spent nearly one week focused on EX Hydrae, a white dwarf star system located in the constellation Hydra, approximately 200 light-years from Earth. Using IXPE\u2019s unique X-ray polarization capability, astronomers examined the star, unlocking the geometry of energetic binary systems.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/ixpe\/nasas-ixpe-measures-white-dwarf-star-for-first-time\/\">Read more about EX Hydrae and IXPE.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Image credit: MIT\/Jose-Luis Olivares<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A smaller white dwarf star (left) pulls material from a larger star into a swirling accretion disk in this artist\u2019s concept released Nov. 19, 2025, to illustrate the first use of NASA\u2019s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarization Explorer) to study a white dwarf star. IXPE spent nearly one week focused on EX Hydrae, a white dwarf [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-347954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=347954"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":347955,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347954\/revisions\/347955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=347954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=347954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=347954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}