white dwarf
noun
plural white dwarfs
: a small hot whitish star of low intrinsic brightness usually with a mass approximately equal to that of the sun but with a density many times larger
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The Blaze Star has become a white dwarf, which happens when stars have exhausted their nuclear fuels.
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
The other is a white dwarf, the small and dense core of a dead star.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
The same general idea holds true for material being blasted away by the jet ending up on the white dwarf.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2024
After the nova, the white dwarf returns to its normal size, and starts the process all over again.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
The other is a white dwarf, the small and dense core of a dead star.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
The same general idea holds true for material being blasted away by the jet ending up on the white dwarf.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2024
After the nova, the white dwarf returns to its normal size, and starts the process all over again.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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“White dwarf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20dwarf. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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