{"id":12017,"date":"2024-09-23T12:04:38","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T16:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/find-exoasteroids-and-peek-into-the-future\/"},"modified":"2024-09-23T12:04:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T16:04:38","slug":"find-exoasteroids-and-peek-into-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/find-exoasteroids-and-peek-into-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Find Exoasteroids and Peek into the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"

Find Exoasteroids and Peek into the Future<\/h2>\n

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What will remain of our solar system a few billion years from now?\u00a0 We\u2019re launching the Exoasteroids project<\/a> to gather some clues. Join this new citizen science project, and help search for variable white dwarfs \u2013 bizarre objects that we can catch in the act of disassembling planetary systems.<\/p>\n

White dwarfs each pack the mass of a star into a ball the size of a planet. They are also the future of our solar system.\u00a0 A few billion years from now, the Sun will evolve into a red giant and then into a white dwarf, devouring the innermost planets and millions of asteroids in the process.<\/p>\n

With the Exoasteroids project,<\/a> you\u2019ll search for white dwarfs that are growing brighter or dimmer.\u00a0 Such white dwarfs may be remnants of planetary systems still actively munching on asteroids, leading to outbursts detectable in images from NASA\u2019s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) space telescope.<\/p>\n

Help us find planetary remains and disintegrating asteroids in other solar systems!<\/p>\n

Anyone with a laptop or cell phone can participate. Participation does not require citizenship in any particular country.<\/p>\n

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