Astronomers observed a white dwarf X-ray explosion for the first time - TweakTown

Thanks to pure coincidence, the eROSITA telescope has captured the first-ever views of an X-ray explosion from a white dwarf star.

A study on the explosion titled "X-ray detection of a nova in the fireball phase" has been published in the journal Nature. German astronomers have observed a white dwarf star explode with X-ray rad… [+2343 chars]

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