Miniature Star’s Startling Mass Raises Big Astronomical Questions
bokburen | April 28, 2011
The smallest star ever to be reliably weighed has tipped the scales at more than twice its expected mass, astronomers say. As a result, much of what they thought they knew about the low-mass bits of cosmic litter, which hover on the edge of stardom, may be in doubt. This work was recently published in [...]