A uncommon occasion has been recognized in a quick detection of X-rays. Serendipity solely pays off when what to do with it, and researchers have used the discovering to confirm a long-standing principle a few class of exploding star.
Frederick M. Walter
Frederick M. Walter is within the Division of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook College, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA.
Even with the growing quantity of information archived in all-sky surveys, astronomical discovery nonetheless depends closely on serendipity. Principle can information the method (and typically lead it astray), however there isn’t a ‘normal mannequin’ for the Universe and every part in it, so progress is commonly pushed by the sudden. It takes observer to see one thing uncommon and interpret it as noteworthy. Writing in Nature, König et al.1 have turned serendipity into success by accurately characterizing X-rays, detected in simply 35.8 seconds, because the product of an exploding white dwarf — thus contributing to our understanding of the physics of those stars.
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Nature605, 230-231 (2022)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-01255-4
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