Magnetic stars, 2004, 268-271 The movie about the magnetism in isolated white dwarfs ґ Sliwinski M.S.1 , Krzyczkowska L.I. ґ 1 Astronomical Observatory of the Warsaw University, Al. ... Key words: white dwarfs ­ stars: magnetic fields ­ education 1 Isolated white dwarfs White dwarfs are intensively studied end products of stellar evolution. ... The progenitors of the vast ma jority of the isolated magnetic white dwarfs are likely to be the magnetic Ap and Bp stars. ... Astrophys., ...

Seven months ago, on Mar 19, 2008, at 09:12 Moscow time, a new star appeared on the sky. The Sun had already risen over the Russia, but people of the Western hemisphere might be able to see by their eyes a faint starlet near one of Bootes constellation stars. This starlet appeared and faded by an order of magnitude in a minute. Astronomers named it GRB080319B or, informally, the Naked-Eye Burst, as it was twice as bright as human eye can see a star. ... Royal Astronomical Society . ...