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A star's death throes involve a lot of kicking
United Kingdom🔬 Science18 days ago

A star's death throes involve a lot of kicking

A new study by Caltech's Jim Fuller proposes a model explaining how sun-like stars experience small 'kicks' during their final stages of life. As these stars evolve into red giants, mass is ejected asymmetrically from their surfaces, causing reactive motion in the opposite direction. This process contributes to the formation of white dwarfs. The research was presented at the American Astronomical Society meeting.

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A star's death throes involve a lot of kicking

A new study by Caltech's Jim Fuller proposes a model explaining how sun-like stars experience small 'kicks' during their final stages of life. As these stars evolve into red giants, mass is ejected asymmetrically from their surfaces, causing reactive motion in the opposite direction. This process contributes to the formation of white dwarfs. The research was presented at the American Astronomical Society meeting.

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