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How An Extreme New Star Could Change All Cosmology

A new white dwarf has been discovered (poetically named: ZTF J1901+1458) that’s doing some stuff that no white dwarf should ever be able to do. In fact, it has multiple properties that are so extreme that it almost certainly did NOT form in the way that we thought all white dwarfs formed. This one peculiar point of faint light may change our understanding of all cosmology.
Season 7 Episode 25 Length 14:30 Premiere: 08/03/21

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S7 E21 Length 14:01 Premiere Date 06/23/21

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S7 E20 Length 12:22 Premiere Date 06/16/21

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