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Supernovae were always thought to occur in two main varieties. But a team of astronomers including Carnegie’s Wendy Freedman, Mark Phillips and Eric Persson is reporting the...
Object: Crazily spinning white dwarfRotation period: 13.2 secondsDizzy the white dwarf star is under a powerful curse, doomed to spin faster than any of its peers. No one knows why poor...
THE heavens do not lend themselves to poking and prodding. Astronomers therefore have no choice but to rely on whatever data the cosmos deigns to throw at them. And they have learnt a lot...