Scientists get a first look at the innermost region of a white dwarf system
November 20, 2025
November 20, 2025
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 20 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news:
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Scientists get a first look at the innermost region of a white dwarf system
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Some 200 light years from Earth, the core of a dead star is circling a larger star in a macabre cosmic dance. The dead star is a type of white dwarf that exerts a powerful magnetic field as it pulls material from the larger star into a swirling, accreting di . . .
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Scientists get a first look at the innermost region of a white dwarf system
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Some 200 light years from Earth, the core of a dead star is circling a larger star in a macabre cosmic dance. The dead star is a type of white dwarf that exerts a powerful magnetic field as it pulls material from the larger star into a swirling, accreting di . . .