XMM-Newton measures speedy spin of rare celestial object

XMM-Newton has caught the fading glow of a tiny celestial object, revealing its rotation rate for the first time. The new information confirms this particular object as one of an extremely rare class of stellar zombie ? each one the dead heart of a star that refuses to die.

Link: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMAD2UTGOF_index_0.html

Time: 13. Jan. 2009

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Topics: celestial, object, rare, xmm-newton