White Dwarf

A White Dwarf is the stellar remnant left after a star exhausts its nuclear fuel and sheds its outer layers. Extremely dense and hot, it slowly cools over billions of years, eventually becoming a cold, dark black dwarf.

See also

Linked from: Aging Star, Binary Stars, Black Dwarf, Compact Object, Degeneracy Pressure, Degenerate Fermions, Dwarf Star, Giant Star, H R Diagram, Hr Diagram, Main Sequence, Neutron Star, Neutron Stars, Planetary Nebula, Psr J1719 1438 B, Psr J2322 2650 B, Pulsar, Red Giant, Red Giants, Star Death, Stellar Collapse, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Remnant, Supergiant, Supernova
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