https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/astronomers-just-found-the-first-green-star-ever-discovered-right-after-it-swallowed-its-planetsContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/astronomers-just-found-the-first-green-star-ever-discovered-right-after-it-swallowed-its-planetshttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/astronomers-just-found-the-first-green-star-ever-discovered-right-after-it-swallowed-its-planets#u142614Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:40:14 +0000Astronomers have discovered the first green star ever identified, a white dwarf located 280 light-years away that would appear genuinely green to human eyes. Researchers studying 150 white dwarfs found that dead stars can glow in unexpected colors like green, pink, purple, yellow, and cyan due to unusual chemical interactions in their dense atmospheres. Specifically, atmospheric sodium causes the rare green hue of the newly found stellar remnant. This discovery follows right after the star swallowed its planets, leading scientists to describe it as a cosmic zombie.Why it mattersWhite dwarfs ar