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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Eventually, the sun will also turn into a white dwarf, pulling in not only planets, but also icy Kuiper Belt objects.
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Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Another potential cause is a white dwarf — a dead star as heavy as our sun but condensed to the size of Earth — being ripped apart by a rare intermediate-mass black hole.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
But a major reason why experts have difficulty finding binary star white dwarfs is because of their trademark ultraviolet emissions.
—Andrew Paul Aug 6, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2025
The sun blows off its outer layers and the core is exposed to space, transforming into what astronomers call a white dwarf.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 3 July 2025
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Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Another potential cause is a white dwarf — a dead star as heavy as our sun but condensed to the size of Earth — being ripped apart by a rare intermediate-mass black hole.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
But a major reason why experts have difficulty finding binary star white dwarfs is because of their trademark ultraviolet emissions.
—Andrew Paul Aug 6, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2025
The sun blows off its outer layers and the core is exposed to space, transforming into what astronomers call a white dwarf.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 3 July 2025
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“White dwarf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20dwarf. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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