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 stellar remnant will contract to form a white dwarf, and while the planetary nebula will fade after perhaps 20,000 years, the white dwarf will continue to shine for many trillions of years before fading out.
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Big Think, 11 Feb. 2026
This leads to the stars ending their lives as smoldering stellar embers called white dwarfs.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 4 Feb. 2026
The process of expending off energy makes a dying star what's called a red giant, before the white dwarf remains.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 11 Dec. 2025
At the heart of this bipolar nebula is a white dwarf star that cast aside its outer layers of gas long ago.
—CBS News, 27 Nov. 2025
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Big Think, 11 Feb. 2026
This leads to the stars ending their lives as smoldering stellar embers called white dwarfs.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 4 Feb. 2026
The process of expending off energy makes a dying star what's called a red giant, before the white dwarf remains.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 11 Dec. 2025
At the heart of this bipolar nebula is a white dwarf star that cast aside its outer layers of gas long ago.
—CBS News, 27 Nov. 2025
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“White dwarf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20dwarf. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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