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News Release 08-073
Astronomers Discover New Type of Pulsating White Dwarf Star
Discovery helps solve riddle of where the carbon white dwarfs come from, and what happens to their hydrogen and helium
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The image shows the changes in light output over time of the first-discovered pulsating carbon white dwarf star.
Credit: K. Williams/ T. Jones/ McDonald Obs
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