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, gravity will pull them back together again, and the celestial dance of the white dwarf collecting energy from its companion star will start over.
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Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2025
Understanding these explosions of white dwarf stars is critical to astronomers who use them to measure distances in space.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
Since 1980, observatories studying this nebula have detected high-energy X-rays coming from the white dwarf at its core.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 9 Mar. 2025
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that a seemingly ordinary white dwarf star is actually the result of a dramatic stellar merger.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 18 Aug. 2025
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Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2025
Understanding these explosions of white dwarf stars is critical to astronomers who use them to measure distances in space.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
Since 1980, observatories studying this nebula have detected high-energy X-rays coming from the white dwarf at its core.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 9 Mar. 2025
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that a seemingly ordinary white dwarf star is actually the result of a dramatic stellar merger.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 18 Aug. 2025
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“White dwarf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20dwarf. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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