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White Dwarf Binary Stars Make Merger Plans
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Posted Sep 17, 2012 at 2:57 pm.
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In the J0651 binary system two white dwarf stars orbit each other in less than 13 minutes--and it's getting a little faster all the time. John Matson reports
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