white dwarf

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Recent Examples on the Web Novas occur in systems with a large, hydrogen-rich star, with a nearby white dwarf in orbit. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2024 Two stars, a red giant star and a white dwarf, orbit each other. Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 13 June 2024 That's because a white dwarf star has about the same mass as Earth's sun, Hounsell said. 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 See all Example Sentences for white dwarf 

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“White dwarf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/white%20dwarf. Accessed 1 Nov. 2024.

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