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Latest Space Breaking News: From collisions to stellar cannibalism—the surprising diversity of exploding white dwarfs
Link: https://phys.org/news/2025-02-collisions-stellar-cannibalism-diversity-white.html
Summary: Astrophysicists have unearthed a surprising diversity in the ways in which white dwarf stars explode in deep space after assessing almost 4,000 such events captured in detail by a next-gen astronomical sky survey. Their findings may help us more accurately measure distances in the universe and further our knowledge of "dark energy."
Link: https://phys.org/news/2025-02-collisions-stellar-cannibalism-diversity-white.html
Summary: Astrophysicists have unearthed a surprising diversity in the ways in which white dwarf stars explode in deep space after assessing almost 4,000 such events captured in detail by a next-gen astronomical sky survey. Their findings may help us more accurately measure distances in the universe and further our knowledge of "dark energy."