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Which Are The Brightest Gravitational Wave Sources In Our Galaxy?

Which Are The Brightest Gravitational Wave Sources In Our Galaxy?

by Matthew Green | May 7, 2018 | Daily Paper Summaries

LISA is a space-based mission to detect gravitational waves. What will be the brightest targets it can see?

A white dwarf kicked out of a supernova

A white dwarf kicked out of a supernova

by Matthew Green | Mar 30, 2018 | Daily Paper Summaries

A hypervelocity white dwarf might be left over from a Type Ia supernova. Today’s paper studies the white dwarf in detail.

How habitable is your galaxy?

How habitable is your galaxy?

by Matthew Green | Jan 16, 2018 | Daily Paper Summaries

How does habitability vary on a galactic scale?

A (Non?)-Magnetic White Dwarf Binary

A (Non?)-Magnetic White Dwarf Binary

by Matthew Green | Dec 21, 2017 | Daily Paper Summaries

A white dwarf binary system that sometimes shows evidence of a magnetic field — but only some of the time.

A Contracting White Dwarf?

A Contracting White Dwarf?

by Matthew Green | Nov 17, 2017 | Daily Paper Summaries

A peculiar X-ray binary may contain the first known white dwarf which is still in the process of contracting.

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