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White dwarf stars should be cooling down practically till the end of the Universe. But yet, they don't. They stop cooling at some point. Why does this happen? Figuring out the answers with Dr Simon Blouin from the University of Victoria.
👉 Dr Simon Blouin
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📜 Buoyant crystals halt the cooling of white dwarf stars
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00:00 Intro
01:16 What are White Dwarfs
08:59 Why white dwarfs stop cooling
23:03 Pollution of white dwarfs
29:29 Perfect white dwarf telescope
35:59 Current obsessions
38:25 Final thoughts and more interviews
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White dwarf stars should be cooling down practically till the end of the Universe. But yet, they don't. They stop cooling at some point. Why does this happen? Figuring out the answers with Dr Simon Blouin from the University of Victoria.
👉 Dr Simon Blouin
sblouin.com
📜 Buoyant crystals halt the cooling of white dwarf stars
nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07102-y
🦄 Support us on Patreon:
patreon.com/universetoday
📚 Suggest books in the book club:
goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club
00:00 Intro
01:16 What are White Dwarfs
08:59 Why white dwarfs stop cooling
23:03 Pollution of white dwarfs
29:29 Perfect white dwarf telescope
35:59 Current obsessions
38:25 Final thoughts and more interviews
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![Real Science Results Behind JWSTs First Year [Special]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rsZzLzixd-E/hqdefault.jpg "Real Science Results Behind JWSTs First Year [Special]
James Webb recently celebrated its first anniversary at work. What science results did it bring? Why graphs of spectra are as great as the nice pictures? How did JWST change Cosmology? What to expect from the next year of observations? All the answers in this Special Episode.
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00:00 Intro
01:22 Webb as a planet hunter
03:49 JWST from the Cosmology perspective
06:30 Spectra vs Images
10:53 Most significant results
23:36 Data access to Webbs results
29:46 Exciting targets for Cycle 2
Host: Fraser Cain
Producer: Anton Pozdnyakov
Editing: Artem Pozdnyakov
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