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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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.
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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
In addition to helping the researchers nail down the nebula's ellipsoidal structure, the 3D model also confirmed that the stellar corpse of the bygone star known as a white dwarf, which is seen as the tiny white dot within the nebula, is indeed located at its center.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 20 Jan. 2025
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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
In addition to helping the researchers nail down the nebula's ellipsoidal structure, the 3D model also confirmed that the stellar corpse of the bygone star known as a white dwarf, which is seen as the tiny white dot within the nebula, is indeed located at its center.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 20 Jan. 2025
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“White dwarf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20dwarf. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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