Thousands of Stars, Including Our Sun, will Turn Into Crystals

Astronomers at the University of Warwick said this week they now have the first direct evidence that white dwarf stars – stars in an advanced stage of their evolution – ultimately solidify into crystals. That idea has been around for decades, but now new observations back it up. The astronomers who conducted this study say our skies must be filled with these crystal white dwarfs. They also point out that – long after it has swollen up as a red giant and swallowed the Earth – our sun is destined to become a crystal white dwarf, too, billions of years from now.

The new study – led by Pier-Emmanuel Tremblay – was published January 9, 2019 in the peer-reviewed journal Nature

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