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Posted on 10 September 20196 May 2022

Discovery of a Superlative White Dwarf

It’s magnetic! It’s massive! It’s covered in helium! It may have a companion, and it was born from a single massive star! Check out the super white dwarf of Messier 47 in our ApJ paper (10.3847/1538-4357/ab2874)!

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