Moontanman Posted June 3, 2010 Report Posted June 3, 2010 Unique Eclipsing Binary Star System Discovered ScienceDaily (June 2, 2010) — Astrophysicists at UC Santa Barbara are the first scientists to identify two white dwarf stars in an eclipsing binary system, allowing for the first direct radius measurement of a rare white dwarf composed of pure helium. The results will be published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters. These observations are the first to confirm a theory about a certain type of white dwarf star. Unique eclipsing binary star system discovered Quote
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