A Double Ring Around a Dead Star
In the app: the whole story at your level, listening, the quiz and the word cards.
The same story at six levels
How the first sentence reads at every level, from A1 to C2.
- A1
Scientists found two rings around a star.
- A2
Scientists found an unusual double ring of broken planet pieces in space.
- B1
Astronomers have discovered a rare double disc of broken planet pieces around a dead star called J1328−1450.
- B2
Astronomers have discovered a rare double disc of planetary debris around a dead star called J1328−1450.
- C1
When a star similar to the Sun runs out of fuel, it swells up, loses its outer layers and destroys nearby planets.
- C2
When a Sun-like star exhausts its fuel, the end is anything but quiet.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- discover
- to find something for the first time
- rare
- not happening or seen very often
- instrument
- a special tool used for careful scientific work
- gap
- an empty space between two things
- survive
- to continue to exist after a dangerous event
- inner
- on the inside, or closer to the centre
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by European Southern Observatory. Read the original for the full report.