Astronomers spot two white dwarfs doomed to die in a quadruple detonation

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WASHINGTON :Astronomers have spotted two hefty white dwarf stars - highly compact stellar embers - orbiting close together that appear destined to die in an extraordinarily violent quadruple detonation.

If the two white dwarfs were far enough apart that the heavier one would not siphon material from the lighter one, they could survive in perpetual peace.

A few hundred binary systems composed of two white dwarf stars are known.

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Published On: 2025-04-08 @ 02:15:55 (4 hours ago)

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