White Dwarf PG1149+057 Displays ‘Irregular Heartbeats’

Using Kepler data, a team of astronomers has observed a white dwarf star displaying massive arrhythmic outbursts, which broke the star’s regular pulse and significantly heated up its surface for many hours. Some dying stars suffer from ‘irregular heartbeats’, research led by astronomers at the University of Warwick has discovered. The research confirms rapid brightening […]
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