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NASA gets first-ever look inside a white dwarf system in remarkable detail

An intermediate polar system within a white dwarf star implies that the materials from the companion star accumulate at the ...

A “Dead” Star Comes Alive in a Stunning NASA X-Ray View

NASA’s IXPE has just revealed the hidden geometry of a white dwarf’s cosmic feeding frenzy—using X-rays to see what no ...
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NASA's IXPE successfully studies a distant white dwarf star for the first time in history

NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarization Explorer (IXPE) just studied a white dwarf for the first time ever. The study, according to ...
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NASA studies a white dwarf star in a first using X-ray polarisation

Scientists have used NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarisation Explorer) to study a white dwarf star for the first time. By ...
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A white dwarf’s cosmic feeding frenzy revealed by NASA

Using NASA’s IXPE, astronomers captured an unprecedented view of a white dwarf star actively feeding on material from a companion. The data revealed giant columns of ultra-hot gas shaped by the star’s ...
PRIMETIMER

NASA IXPE records first X-ray polarization measurements of a white dwarf star

NASA’s IXPE captures the first X-ray polarization data from a white dwarf system, detailing observations of EX Hydrae and ...
PRIMETIMER

NASA releases decades-long video of Kepler’s supernova remnant

NASA has released a decades-long video showing Kepler’s supernova remnant evolving in X-rays, using Chandra Observatory data ...
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NASA’s IXPE measures a white dwarf star for the first time

This artist’s concept depicts a smaller white dwarf star pulling material from a larger star, right, into an accretion disk.