[QUOTE]British astronomers have spotted dusty debris around a dead star despite theories there should be no dust at all.
Scientists funded by the Swindon-based Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council say the discovery might provide insights into our own solar system's eventual demise several billion years from now.
The results have come from a telescope called Michelle on Hawaii. The telescope, which has been partly funded by the research council has revealed a surprisingly high abundance of dust orbiting an ancient stellar ember named GD 362
Dr Alistair Glasse from the UK Astromony Technology centre said : " The fact that astromoners were able to observe such faint remnants of a planetary system is testament to the tremendous sensitivity of Michelle.,
" Michelle allows us to observe phenomena that could peviously only be dected by spacecraft in orbit, but with a ten-fold improvement in the level of spatial detail. Michelle is undoubtedly proving to be a powerful tool in increasing our understanding of planetary systems," said Doctor Glasse.

Hooray for Michelle..! I had a telescope once and I once counted 7 or 8 satellites orbiting the planet jupiter, and I thought that was cool..!