Channel: SciShow Space

Category: Education

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Description: Scientists have found a star that spins so fast that it can almost complete a full rotation by the time it takes you to finish reading this episode description. Hosted By: Reid Reimers SciShow is on TikTok! Check us out at tiktok.com/@scishow ---------- Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: patreon.com/SciShowSpace ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporter for helping us keep SciShow Space free for everyone forever: GrowingViolet, Jason A Saslow, Heriberto Bustos! ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: scishowtangents.org Facebook: facebook.com/scishow Twitter: twitter.com/scishow Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: arxiv.org/pdf/2108.11396.pdf sciencenews.org/article/fastest-spinning-white-dwarf-star-rotation-speed space.com/fastest-spinning-white-dwarf-vampire.html phys.org/news/2020-08-ctcv-j2056-unusual-polar.html news.nd.edu/news/scientists-identify-a-rare-magnetic-propeller-in-a-binary-star-system arxiv.org/pdf/2102.08377.pdf imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/objects/dwarfs2.html aas.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/AAS238_Mon1_Garnavich.pdf youtu.be/hHmGgEPIKd4 IMAGES storyblocks.com/video/stock/realistic-planet-earth-rotation-seamless-loop-sn2w6u2ztktibq1vy nasa.gov/topics/universe/features/whitedwarf_pulsar.html en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Grantelescopio.jpg exoplanets.nasa.gov/resources/2206/life-and-death-of-a-planetary-system svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13510 nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/images/double-trouble-a-white-dwarf-surprises-astronomers.html eso.org/public/videos/eso1840h cdn.eso.org/images/publicationjpg/eso1627a.jpg istockphoto.com/photo/garden-sprinkler-gm136947168-12014403