Tag: Z machine
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A White Dwarf in a Lab (Science Advent 21)
(Every day until Christmas, I’ll be posting a science-related image.) Day 21 Many objects we see in space have no corresponding phenomena on Earth. Consider white dwarfs: the cores of star like our Sun after they have exhausted their usable nuclear fuel and shed their outer layers. These remnants are extremely dense and hot, a…
Matthew R. Francis
Galileo's Pendulum 