SOFIA Spies a New Type of Stellar Outburst
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Caption: Artist’s rendition of a cataclysmic variable in which a white dwarf (white/blue) is accreting material from its nearby Sun-like companion (yellow). The material forms a disk around the white dwarf until an instability causes an explosion and a bright outburst of light, known as a nova.
Credit
NASA/SOFIA/L. Proudfit
Image Number
SCI2022_0025
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SOFIA Spies a New Type of Stellar Outburst
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FORCAST
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