Space exploration began with the launch of Sputnik and Astrophysics was born as the application of physics to the phenomena observed by Astronomy, which etymologically means laws of the stars.
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| Van Maanen’s Star |
A nearby twelfth magnitude star, discovered by Adriaan van Maanen 1884-1946, identified as a white dwarf.
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