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Cecilia Scorza, EU-UNAWE Germany

The Star with a Slow Pulse

Weird things happen to stars when they run out of fuel. That’s because the fuel doesn’t just generate light and heat – it is needed to stop stars from collapsing! This is a problem that the bright white star in the right-hand-side of this new space photo has already faced.

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X-ray & Optical: NASA/CXC/Univ.Potsdam/L.Oskinova et al.

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