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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That's because a white dwarf star has about the same mass as Earth's sun, Hounsell said.
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John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Sep. 2024
As a result, the material ejected by the explosion did not escape completely and remained within the gravitational influence of the central white dwarf.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 13 Aug. 2024
The feature is unusual for a supernova remnant because the explosion should have obliterated the white dwarf.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 13 Aug. 2024
Still, that cataclysm isn’t energetic enough to shatter the white dwarf to smithereens.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 2 Aug. 2024
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John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Sep. 2024
As a result, the material ejected by the explosion did not escape completely and remained within the gravitational influence of the central white dwarf.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 13 Aug. 2024
The feature is unusual for a supernova remnant because the explosion should have obliterated the white dwarf.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 13 Aug. 2024
Still, that cataclysm isn’t energetic enough to shatter the white dwarf to smithereens.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 2 Aug. 2024
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“White dwarf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20dwarf. Accessed 22 Sep. 2024.
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