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Published online 29 April 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050425-11
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Star reaches out to white dwarf
Image fleshes out theory of how stellar bodies interact.
Researchers have snapped a picture that catches a star in the act of capturing material from its companion.
The image shows a bridge of gas streaming from a red giant, called Mira A, towards a nearby collapsed white dwarf, called Mira B.
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