Illustration of a polar, or AM Herculis, star. Polars consist of a highly magnetic white dwarf orbiting a red dwarf. The white dwarf's powerful magnetic field, in the order of a few thousand Teslas, strips gas from the atmosphere of its red dwarf companion. | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Garlick, Mark |
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