ScienceDaily·3 min read·medium
Dying Sun-like stars may kick themselves through space
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Astrophysicist Jim Fuller proposes that dying Sun-like stars experience thousands of chaotic, asymmetric ejections of material as they transition into white dwarfs. These 'kicks' can cause the stars to move through space at speeds of up to one kilometer per second.
When stars similar to the Sun grow old, they expand into red giants. During this phase, their outer layers churn and gradually drift into space, while the dense cores left behind shrink into white dwarfs. Because this is the fate of most stars, white dwarfs are among the most common stellar remnants in the universe.
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