Binary white dwarfs are waltzing fast enough to distort spacetime itself

Gravitational waves are usually detected as they sweep across Earth after whatever cataclysmic event created them, but now astronomers have found a likely source before the waves become detectable. Using Caltech's Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), the team discovered a pair of "dead" stars circling each other at lightning speed, with one starting to tear the other apart.

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Category: Space

Tags:

• Astronomy
• Caltech
• gravitational waves
• LIGO
• Physics
• Stars
• White dwarf

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