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[Interview] Why White Dwarf Stars Unexpectedly Stop Cooling Down
40 minutes Posted Mar 12, 2024 at 6:00 pm.
Intro
What are White Dwarfs
Why white dwarfs stop cooling
Pollution of white dwarfs
Perfect white dwarf telescope
Current obsessions
Final thoughts and more interviews
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White dwarf stars should be cooling down practically till the end of the Universe. But yet, they don't. They stop cooling at some point. Why does this happen? Figuring out the answers with Dr Simon Blouin from the University of Victoria.
📜 Buoyant crystals halt the cooling of white dwarf stars
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07102-y
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