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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In this arrangement, a white dwarf star usually pulls mass from a nearby companion star.
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Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
However, if the white dwarf progenitor star exists in a binary with another star, this stellar corpse can begin vampirically stripping material from its companion.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Jan. 2025
If the circling object is indeed a white dwarf, the body would be pulling of a precarious balancing act, teetering on the black hole’s edge without falling in.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
And not all recent results support the white dwarf binary model.
—Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 4 Dec. 2024
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Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
However, if the white dwarf progenitor star exists in a binary with another star, this stellar corpse can begin vampirically stripping material from its companion.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Jan. 2025
If the circling object is indeed a white dwarf, the body would be pulling of a precarious balancing act, teetering on the black hole’s edge without falling in.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
And not all recent results support the white dwarf binary model.
—Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 4 Dec. 2024
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“White dwarf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20dwarf. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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