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Meet the super-speedy white dwarf binary system that's going to grav-wave our world

Duncan Macdonald
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Supernova ?

When the two merge will it trigger a supernova explosion? One of the causes for a type 1a supernova explosion is thought to be the merge of two white dwarf stars.

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