Multiple Choice
Which of these is a method astronomers have recently used to study the structure of white dwarfs?
A) measuring how their light curves vary with time to study pulsations of the stars
B) measuring gravitational waves generated by pulsations of the stars
C) measuring neutrinos released when a cool white dwarf crystallizes
D) capturing material ejected by novae with spacecraft
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