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White Dwarf’s Radio Pulses Reveal Storms on Its Sun-Like Companion


Astronomers at the Curtin University node at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have found a white dwarf that beams out radio pulses every 7.9 minutes while circling a star much like our Sun.

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