Sentences with phrase «white dwarf stealing»
One is probably a red giant that is still blowing off its atmosphere; the other is most likely a white dwarf stealing gas from its giant companion and lighting up the surrounding nebula.
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The blast from one of the Milky Way supernovas, which Rest has seen from different angles, looks symmetric, suggesting it was the result of a white dwarf stealing from its companion until it exploded — a typical type Ia.
The event was what's known as a classical nova explosion, which occurs when a dense stellar corpse called a white dwarf steals enough material from an ordinary companion star for its gas to spontaneously ignite.
Another, less common kind of supernova, type 1a, occurs when a remnant of a star called a white dwarf steals matter from a companion star until the white dwarf explodes (SN: 4/30/16, p. 20).
Not exact matches
CANNIBAL ZOMBIE STAR Dead stars called white dwarfs (left) steal material from ordinary companion stars (right), as shown in this artist's illustration.
They suggested that three different stellar observations — bright classical nova explosions, dwarf nova outbursts and an intermediate stage where a white dwarf is not stealing enough material to erupt — are all different views of the same system.
That happens if it has a companion star, as most stars in the galaxy do, and the white dwarf orbits it closely enough to steal material from it.
At first glance this exploding star had all the features of a type Ia supernova, which happens when a small, dense white dwarf star steals material from an orbiting companion and then explodes.
A stellar ember called a white dwarf exploded after gorging on material stolen from its neighbour.
The UCSB - led research implies that the white dwarf was stealing matter from a much larger companion star — approximately 20 times the radius of the sun — which caused the white dwarf to explode.
As US 708 traveled around the white dwarf, the dead star would have stolen its helium.
In that case, the intense gravity of the white dwarf can steal material from its neighbor.