LAMOST J0240 + 1952 – The fastest rotating star
When the Earth takes 24 hours to rotate once, the white dwarf star LAMOST J0240 + 1952 rotates once in just * 25 seconds *. At a distance of 2,000 light-years, once every 25 seconds, LAMOST J0240 + 1952 became the fastest dwarf star in existence. This speed is due to its attraction to another…