Amateur astronomers help keep tabs on White Dwarf overdue for massive starquake

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Researchers at the University of Warwick have enlisted a world wide team of amateur / semi-professional astronomers to keep watch on one of the fastest spinning white dwarf stars ever found. The star is long overdue for a major eruption that will increase its brightness a thousand fold.

Eleanor Lovell : 23 May 2007 10:09 |  Tags: Press Releases |  Comments (0) |  Report a problem