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A murderous star lurks at the center of this new NASA image

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The Helix Nebula is 650 million light-years from Earth .

It's the remains of a dying star that is shedding its outer gas layers into surrounding space.

A new X-ray look at the nebula reveals an alleged planet killer: a white dwarf.

The dying star may have gobbled up an orbiting planet that flew too close to its dying sun.

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