Stellar Zombie: XMM-Newton

 

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XMM-Newton Measures Speedy Spin Of Rare Celestial Object

XMM-Newton has caught the fading glow of a tiny celestial object, revealing its rotation rate for the first time. The new information confirms this particular object as one of an extremely rare class of stellar zombie – each one the dead heart of a star that refuses to die.

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