Astronomers' surprise at discovery of new stars
A Warwick University team, working with US astronomers, find four, previously hidden, white dwarf stars.
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"Nearby isolated white dwarfs are usually easy to find, but we couldn't see these four stars directly in visible wavelengths because their red dwarf companions were drowning out their light."
— Dr Mairi O'Brien , Academic
"What's fascinating is that G 203-47 shouldn't be rotating this slowly if it formed the same way as similar systems."
— Dr David Wilson , Academic
"If we put more targeted effort into observing red dwarfs, perhaps we will find more surprises like this."
— Prof Pier-Emmanuel Tremblay , Academic
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A Warwick University team, working with US astronomers, find four, previously hidden, white dwarf stars.
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