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XMM-Newton uncovers a celestial Rosetta stone

3 September 2009

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Illustration of the white dwarf and its companion HD49798. If it was possible to look at the system up-close, it would look something like this.

Credits: Francesco Mereghetti, background image: NASA, ESA and T.M. Brown (STScI)

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