Journey to the Center of a White-Dwarf Star

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Representation of the vibrations propagating through the white-dwarf star KIC 08
Representation of the vibrations propagating through the white-dwarf star KIC 08626021. Illustration: S. Charpinet

A stellar core that challenges predictions: here is the result of the first cartography of the interior of a white-dwarf star performed by an international team that includes  Valérie Van Grootel and Marc-Antoine Dupret , two researchers belonging to the STAR Institute at Université de Liège.  This discovery will provide insights on the different physical mechanisms involved in the evolution of stars and our Sun. ...

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