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‘Dwarfquakes’ Reveal the Future of Our Universe

HEART OF THE SUN

Dying stars were an enigma—until an astronomer measured seismic shifts on them, giving us clues about the sun’s future and the expansion rate of the universe.

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Chandra X-ray Observatory Center via NASA

White dwarfs—the hot, burned-out remains of ordinary stars—are very common in the universe, and weird. (Our very own sun will become a white dwarf in a few billion years, too.)

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