Scientists discover a new type of star
Friday, November 13, 2009 - 20:56
in Astronomy & Space
The oxygen-rich white dwarf star had been predicted, but never found. Researchers have pinpointed two of the kind of 'missing link' between normal white dwarf stars and more-collapsed neutron stars. Scientists have added a new member to the stellar zoo, a type of white dwarf star that had been long predicted but never before found.