
UVic Physics & Astro
@phastatuvic
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy @ University of Victoria -- particle physics / astronomy / medical physics / theoretical physics / ocean physics / condensed matter
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UVic researcher and Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics fellow Simon Blouin has discovered why some white dwarf stars stop cooling for billions of years—a revelation that will not only require a revision of astronomy textbooks, but also impacts the process of age-dating stars. uvic.ca/news/academics…

🚨 Nature paper alert! UVic Physics & Astro researcher Simon Blouin and colleagues have revealed the mechanism by which some white dwarf stars stop cooling. doi.org/10.1038/s41586…

