Will The Solar System Die? A White Dwarf May Make It Possible, New Study Says

When asteroids, moons and planets come close to white dwarfs, they are ripped apart into smaller pieces due to the huge gravity of the stars.

Will the solar system die? A white dwarf star may make this possible, according to a new study. The solar system may be crushed under the gravity of a white dwarf star, and ground to dust. ( Image Source :NASA/JPL/ABP Live )

Will the solar system die? A white dwarf star may make this possible, according to a new study. The solar system may be crushed under the gravity of a white dwarf star, and ground to dust, the study, conducted by astrophysicists from the University of Warwick and other universities said.  The findings were recently published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS). Which white dwarf will mark the end of the solar system?  Now, you must be wondering