Nova eruption (IMAGE)

Graz University of Technology

Nova eruption

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Artistic representation of a nova eruption: During a nova eruption a white dwarf sucks matter from its companion star and stores this mass on its surface until the gas pressure becomes extremely high.

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© Nova_by K. Ulaczyk, Warschau Universität Observatorium

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