Astronomers observe the fastest nova ever recorded (IMAGE)

Arizona State University

Astronomers observe the fastest nova ever recorded

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This illustration shows an intermediate polar system, a type of two-star system that the research team thinks V1674 Hercules belongs to. A flow of gas from the large companion star impacts an accretion disk before flowing along magnetic field lines onto the white dwarf.

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Illustration by Mark Garlick

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