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[News] Stellar Zombie: XMM-Newton Measures Speedy Spin Of Rare Celestial Object


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Stellar Zombie: XMM-Newton Measures Speedy Spin Of Rare Celestial Object

ScienceDaily (Jan. 14, 2009) — XMM-Newton has caught the fading glow of a tiny celestial object, revealing its rotation rate for the first time. The new information confirms this particular object as one of an extremely rare class of stellar zombie – each one the dead heart of a star that refuses to die.

 

Stellar Zombie: XMM-Newton Measures Speedy Spin Of Rare Celestial Object

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