Hottest white dwarf discovered in our Galaxy
Astronomers at the Universities of Tübingen and Potsdam have identified the hottest white dwarf ever discovered in our galaxy. With a temperature of 250,000 degrees Celsius, this dying star at the outskirts of the Milky Way has already entered its cooling phase. The researchers were also the first to observe an intergalactic gas cloud moving towards the Milky Way — indicating that galaxies collect fresh material from deep space, which they can use to make new stars.
Mon 30 Nov 2015 at 09:55