A Pair of White Dwarfs Locked in a Six-Minute Orbit Might One Day Be Observed By Gravitational Waves
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A Pair of White Dwarfs Locked in a Six-Minute Orbit Might One Day Be Observed By Gravitational Waves
Future gravitational wave observatories will be able to see the gravitational waves of close-orbiting binary stars. A newly studied white dwarf system could be one of the first systems we observe.
White dwarf binary shows orbital decay consistent with gravitational radiation
Current gravitational wave detectors are tuned to the violent climax of black hole mergers, leaving the subtler signals of binary star systems largely out of reach. The discovery of eRASSU J0608, an ultracompact binary system, suggests a potential shift in this capability, offering a predictable target for the next generation of observatories. The system first drew attention through a precise X-ray pulse repeating every 374 seconds. Data from th…
A new binary system of white dwarfs, called eRASSU J0608, was identified by astronomers as a potential target for future observations of gravitational waves. With an orbital period of only six minutes, the...
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