
Hubble finds 4 hidden white dwarfs near Earth, finally confirming a 25-light-year pair
Ultraviolet sleuthing reveals four local white dwarf binaries and suggests there may be many more in our neighborhood.
By Sara Al-Ghamdi·· 4 min

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Ultraviolet sleuthing reveals four local white dwarf binaries and suggests there may be many more in our neighborhood.

Visible light missed them; ultraviolet Hubble and clever calibration turned cosmic misdirection into a first for binary systems.