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A new study from Caltech's Jim Fuller proposes a model showing how escaping mass from sun-like stars during their death throes leads to a series of 'little kicks.'
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Jim Fuller, Kareem El-Badry
What
A new study from Caltech's Jim Fuller proposes a model showing how escaping mass from sun-like stars during their death throes leads to a series of 'little kicks.'
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Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:40:05 GMT · 6h 7m ago
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Why
The model connects randomly oriented mass ejection events to the suspected kicks experienced by white dwarfs, an observation that has puzzled researchers for several years.
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This new astrophysical model provides a physics-based explanation for why white dwarfs move in specific ways, and how these movements can decouple binary star systems, impacting our understanding of stellar evolution and star distribution.
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- Health & Science6h 7m agoA new Caltech study proposes a model showing that escaping mass from the surfaces of sun-like stars in their final stages leads to a series of "kicks."Open article
- Health & Science6h 7m agoA new study proposes a model showing how escaping mass from the surfaces of sun-like stars leads to a series of "little kicks" during their final death throes.Open article