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A magnetic loophole could let white dwarfs outgrow the Chandrasekhar limit, simulations suggest

At the Indian Institute of Science, simulations followed magnetized stars from the main sequence to the grave — and watched a white dwarf reach about 2.4 solar masses, a full solar mass past the textbook Chandrasekhar limit. A theoretical proposal, with real consequences for Type Ia supernovae.

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The Chandrasekhar limit — 1.4 solar masses — is astronomy’s textbook ceiling for a white dwarf. New simulations from the Indian Institute of Science suggest a strong magnetic field could lift it, letting a white dwarf reach about 2.4 solar masses, with intriguing consequences for the exploding stars we use to measure the universe.

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