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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In the center is a white dwarf, the dense, compact core of a dying star.
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Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2026
This has revealed magnetic fields exist at the cores of red giants, while white dwarfs seem to have magnetic fields at their surfaces.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Once a star dies, there are a number of possible fates that can ensue as well, as a stellar corpse can remain as a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
—Big Think, 14 Apr. 2026
Similar bright explosions may be produced not only by binary neutron star mergers, but also by mergers involving neutron stars and black holes, or even other types of compact stellar remnants such as white dwarfs, the leftover cores of Sun-like stars.
—Eleonora Troja, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2026
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Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2026
This has revealed magnetic fields exist at the cores of red giants, while white dwarfs seem to have magnetic fields at their surfaces.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Once a star dies, there are a number of possible fates that can ensue as well, as a stellar corpse can remain as a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
—Big Think, 14 Apr. 2026
Similar bright explosions may be produced not only by binary neutron star mergers, but also by mergers involving neutron stars and black holes, or even other types of compact stellar remnants such as white dwarfs, the leftover cores of Sun-like stars.
—Eleonora Troja, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2026
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“White dwarf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20dwarf. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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