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Astronomers discover how white dwarf stars get their 'kicks'

Story date: 2007-12-05 04:35:33
Added on: 2007-12-05 00:00:00


University of British Columbia astronomer Harvey Richer and UBC graduate student Saul Davis have discovered that white dwarf stars are born with a natal kick, explaining why these smoldering embers of Sun-like stars are found on the edge rather than at the centre of globular star clusters.



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