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2011-04-07T08:53:42.000Z

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Video Title:

White dwarf stars orbiting and merging animation

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Astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have found a pair of white dwarf stars orbiting each other once every 39 minutes. In a few million years, they will merge and reignite as a helium-burning star. This animation shows the merger process. Credit: Clay Ellis (CfA)

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31 sec

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