SOLAR INFERNO: Astronomers Discover Eight Of The Hottest Stars In The Universe Each With A Surface Over 100,000 Centigrade

Image shows a sky survey image centred on the newly-discovered O(H) star SALT J203959.5-034117 (J2039), undated photo. An international team of scientists led by experts from the University of Tuebingen, in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, discovered eight new super-hot stars. Note: Licensed content. (Tom Watts (AOP), STScINASA, The Dark Energy Survey/Newsflash) Image shows a sky survey image centred on the newly-discovered O(H) star SALT J203959.5-034117 (J2039), undated photo. An international team of scientists led by experts from the University of Tuebingen, in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, discovered eight new super-hot stars. Note: Licensed content. (Tom Watts (AOP), STScINASA, The Dark Energy Survey/Newsflash)
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10 January 2023
A team of astronomers have discovered eight of the hottest stars in the universe whose blazing surfaces alone reach more than 100,000 centigrade. The researchers reportedly discovered the very hot white dwarf and pre-white dwarf stars after a survey of helium-rich subdwarf stars. For the...