This illustration highlights a newfound small white dwarf that is somewhat largerthan earth’s moon. the two bodies are shown next to each other for sizecomparison. the hot, young white dwarf is the most massive white dwarf known, weighing 1.35 times as much as our sun. Credit: Giuseppe Parisi
Astronomers have identified an extremely magnetized and rapidly rotating ultra-massive white dwarf. Several telescopes characterized the dead star. Maunakea and Haleakala, Hawai’i — Astronomers have discovered the smallest and most massive white dwarf ever seen...
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