Sentences with phrase «as the white dwarf pulls»

As the white dwarf pulls material from a companion star, the temperature increases, eventually triggering a runaway reaction that detonates in a violent supernova that destroys the white dwarf.

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The study, «Accretion - induced variability links young stellar objects, white dwarfs, and black holes», which is published in the journal Science Advances, shows how the «flickering» in the visible brightness of young stellar objects (YSOs)-- very young stars in the final stages of formation — is similar to the flickering seen from black holes or white dwarfs as they violently pull matter from their surroundings in a process known as accretion.