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The sun blows off its outer layers and the core is exposed to space, transforming into what astronomers call a white dwarf.
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 3 July 2025
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.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2025
One, a white dwarf star — the dense core of a dead sun-like star — sucks matter onto its surface from the other star until a thermonuclear explosion occurs.
—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
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 3 July 2025
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.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2025
One, a white dwarf star — the dense core of a dead sun-like star — sucks matter onto its surface from the other star until a thermonuclear explosion occurs.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for white dwarf
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This theoretical limit concerns how much matter can be accreted to a compact body like a neutron star or black hole.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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In the 10 years since then, scientists have detected hundreds of black holes coming together, as well as other extreme cosmic events like neutron stars colliding and black holes merging with a neutron star.—
Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
11 Sep. 2025
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Using artificial neutral networks, his tool allows astronomers to distinguish true binary star systems from chance alignments in massive data sets like the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Sep. 2025
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The double stars of Albireo are considered a binary star system, just over 400 light-years away, with just one light-year equaling nearly 6 trillion miles.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
14 Sep. 2025
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Aldebaran, the red star that represents the 'right eye' of the bull, appears to be part of the cluster, but is actually located a mere 65 light-years from us.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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Satellite map of the tsunami's leading edge (red), with the epicenter depicted by a red star.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Aug. 2025
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After weeks, months and years of observations, astronomers will have a time-lapse record revealing anything that explodes, flashes or moves – such as supernovas, variable stars or asteroids.—
Samantha Thompson,
Space.com,
7 July 2025
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Many of these alerts will be triggered by variable stars, which cyclically change in brightness.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
23 June 2025
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The evolution of intelligent life around red dwarf stars is likely to be an uphill slog, due to the demands needed to jumpstart oxygenic photosynthesis.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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This proximity to a red dwarf is problematic, however, as these pipsqueak stars can punch well above their weight by regularly unleashing violent stellar outbursts.—
Jonathan O'Callaghan,
Scientific American,
8 Sep. 2025
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And bumps in the early light curve of a supernova could indicate the presence of a close companion – a nearby star, brown dwarf or giant planet – that has become caught up in the conflagration.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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The first brown dwarfs were only found in the 1990s.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
12 June 2025
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The other type of star that goes supernova is a giant star with a mass at least eight times greater than the sun.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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All the stuff, really, enough to make a bona-fide, honest-to-God, true-blue spoof feature, the kind made by a studio and with a budget and giant stars and a full-fledged theatrical release.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
1 Aug. 2025
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Adelman’s vision for Murray’s substitution pattern will be another variable.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
24 Sep. 2025
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Here, hot weather is the confounding variable leading to both outcomes.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
23 Sep. 2025
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“White dwarf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/white%20dwarf. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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