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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But a major reason why experts have difficulty finding binary star white dwarfs is because of their trademark ultraviolet emissions.
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Andrew Paul Aug 6, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2025
Astronomers have discovered a rare pair of white dwarfs destined to explode in a spectacular supernova in Earth’s cosmic neighborhood.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Apr. 2025
Once the two stars get to the point of no return, mass will shift from one white dwarf to the other.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
Using the largest catalog of exploding white dwarf vampire stars ever gathered has provided further evidence that dark energy, the mysterious force accelerating the expansion of the universe, is getting weaker.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 July 2025
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Andrew Paul Aug 6, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2025
Astronomers have discovered a rare pair of white dwarfs destined to explode in a spectacular supernova in Earth’s cosmic neighborhood.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Apr. 2025
Once the two stars get to the point of no return, mass will shift from one white dwarf to the other.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
Using the largest catalog of exploding white dwarf vampire stars ever gathered has provided further evidence that dark energy, the mysterious force accelerating the expansion of the universe, is getting weaker.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 July 2025
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“White dwarf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20dwarf. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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