The Star That’s Secretly a Lawn Sprinkler

Scientists have found a star that spins so fast that it can almost complete a full rotation by the time it takes you to finish reading this episode description.

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Sources:

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2108.11396.pdf
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fastest-spinning-white-dwarf-star-rotation-speed
https://www.space.com/fastest-spinning-white-dwarf-vampire.html
https://phys.org/news/2020-08-ctcv-j2056-unusual-polar.html
https://news.nd.edu/news/scientists-identify-a-rare-magnetic-propeller-in-a-binary-star-system/
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2102.08377.pdf
https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/objects/dwarfs2.html
https://aas.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/AAS238_Mon1_Garnavich.pdf
https://youtu.be/hHmGgEPIKd4

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https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/realistic-planet-earth-rotation-seamless-loop-sn2w6u2ztktibq1vy
https://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/features/whitedwarf_pulsar.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Grantelescopio.jpg
https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/resources/2206/life-and-death-of-a-planetary-system/
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13510
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/images/double-trouble-a-white-dwarf-surprises-astronomers.html
https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso1840h/
https://cdn.eso.org/images/publicationjpg/eso1627a.jpg
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/garden-sprinkler-gm136947168-12014403