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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These are binary systems in which one object, a dense stellar corpse known as a white dwarf, is stripping material from a companion star.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 July 2025
The system consists of one star and a white dwarf, which is the leftover core of a dead star.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2025
Type Ia supernovae generally start with a white dwarf that is one star in a pair.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 July 2025
That eliminates any main sequence stars, leaving a white dwarf as the only likely answer.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 22 May 2025
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 July 2025
The system consists of one star and a white dwarf, which is the leftover core of a dead star.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2025
Type Ia supernovae generally start with a white dwarf that is one star in a pair.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 July 2025
That eliminates any main sequence stars, leaving a white dwarf as the only likely answer.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 22 May 2025
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“White dwarf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20dwarf. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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