Artist’s impression of helium-rich material from a companion star accreting onto a white dwarf (IMAGE)

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Artist’s impression of helium-rich material from a companion star accreting onto a white dwarf

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Artist’s impression of helium-rich material from a companion star accreting onto a white dwarf. Before the explosion, a large amount of material is stripped from the companion. The research team hopes to clarify the relationship between the emitted strong radio waves and this stripped material.

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Adam Makarenko/W. M. Keck Observatory

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