Polarized Dwarf (IMAGE)
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A smaller white dwarf star (left) pulls material from a larger star into a swirling accretion disk. The pair is called an “intermediate polar,” and MIT astronomers used powerful telescopes to measure the system’s X-ray polarization for the first time, revealing key features at the center of its hottest, most extreme regions.
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Jose-Luis Olivares, MIT
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