{
  "id": 17988092,
  "title": "Stubborn Asteroids Around White Dwarfs Resist Becoming Dust",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/stubborn-asteroids-around-white-dwarfs-resist-becoming-dust",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-03T15:54:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Universe Today",
    "slug": "universe-today",
    "url": "https://www.universetoday.com/articles/stubborn-asteroids-around-white-dwarfs-resist-becoming-dust"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Astronomers are finding more dusty disks around white dwarf stars, and some of them are home to asteroids. But how these rocky asteroids are turned to dust and form these rings isn't clear. New research shows that the white dwarf's gravity alone can't shred them to dust.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}