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Diskless white dwarf powers 1,000-year shock wave that shouldn't exist

Leading follow-up investigation

A dead star 730 light-years away is producing a shock wave it has no business making. The white dwarf RXJ0528+2838 has been ejecting material for at least 1,000 years, yet it lacks the accretion disk that normally drives such outflows.

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