A white dwarf star was seen turning on and off like an electric bulb, NASA was also surprised to see the amazing sight
Astronomers have recorded a rare event on a dwarf star located 1,400 light-years off from Earth. This dwarf star was shining and off sort of a bulb at an interval of only half-hour. Astronomers say that the interval between the stars turning on and off before this event has been observed only in days or months.
This phenomenon has been observed by the Durham University team supported data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). This white dwarf star has been identified because the star system TW Pictoris, 1,400 light-years off from Earth. They found that rather than taking months, it took only half an hour for this star to extend and reduce in brightness. They suspected that this phenomenon was probably happening because of the strong magnetic field.
Researchers hope that this discovery will give them more information about black holes, white dwarfs and neutron stars and also the matter found around them. With data from TESS, scientists found that the brightness changes of TW Pictoris were quite rapid. Researchers believe that what they're seeing in a star is also a change within the magnetic field of the surface.
Stars 10 times the mass of the Sun are at risk of a violent supernova at the top of their lives. These stars are formed once they completely burn their hydrogen. This fuels the star with hydrogen. Something similar is expected to happen with our Sun after 5 billion years. After running out of fuel, red flames travel an extended distance from these stars. The core of those stars remains very popular, which is understood as a dwarf star.