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Recent Examples of white dwarf
And not all recent results support the white dwarf binary model.
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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
It's believed that a dead stellar remnant, or white dwarf, could be spinning precariously on the edge of the black hole, causing the explosions of high-energy light.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
The white dwarf could be shedding matter and triggering the pulses observed by the researchers.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Jan. 2025
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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
It's believed that a dead stellar remnant, or white dwarf, could be spinning precariously on the edge of the black hole, causing the explosions of high-energy light.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
The white dwarf could be shedding matter and triggering the pulses observed by the researchers.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for white dwarf
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That year observations of a merging neutron star revealed that gravitational waves and electromagnetic waves arrived at Earth within three seconds of each other—after traversing a distance of 130 million light-years.—
Paul M. Sutter,
Scientific American,
26 Feb. 2025
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This is significant because globular clusters are associated with other powerful events associated with older stars, including the collisions and mergers of two neutron stars or a white dwarf collapsing under its own gravity.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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This nova is especially exciting because the white dwarf star on which it is found exists in a particularly unusual binary star system.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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Roman will be looking at the motion of the universe in the visible range too, thanks to what are known as type 1a supernovas—exploding stars that are part of a binary star system.—
Jeffrey Kluger/Greenbelt,
TIME,
8 Feb. 2025
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The Hubble image captures the nebula's diverse stellar population, which includes hot, young blue stars and older red stars, scattered among intricately woven, airy tendrils of gas and dark clumps of dust.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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Reports of earthquake felt away from source (red star) on February 14, 2025.—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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Among the supernovas in the data will be other transient events such as variable stars and kilonovas, the violent collision between extreme dense stellar remnants called neutron stars.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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In particular, Leavitt would scrutinize images of the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds, and had identified 1,800 variable stars within them.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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Thankfully, there's another option: planets around red dwarf stars.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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The spectra also showed the red dwarf’s glow was mixed with blue light.—
ByDaniel Clery,
science.org,
4 Dec. 2024
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In contrast, stars, including brown dwarfs, form on their own within giant collapsing clouds of gas.—
ByAdam Mann,
science.org,
6 Nov. 2024
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The cool brown dwarf Gliese 229 B is a close binary European Southern Observatory.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
16 Oct. 2024
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Rising above 45 meters and crowned by a giant star of 17 meters in diameter, this walk-through tree offers light shows and music every hour from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. and is accompanied by eight other trees of lights instead of hanging decoration.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes,
16 Dec. 2024
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Leave tradition behind and commit to a modern aesthetic with these pretty hanging sphere lights that look like giant stars.—
Hannah Rice,
Rolling Stone,
27 Nov. 2024
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Additional Bearish Factors Multiple analysts took a broader approach, citing a range of variables as being behind bitcoin’s recent depreciation.—
Charles Lloyd Bovaird II,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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But this year saw a freak variable that prompted DraftKings to adjust the lines.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
26 Feb. 2025
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“White dwarf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/white%20dwarf. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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