If enough material, mostly in the form of hydrogen gas, accumulates on the surface of the white dwarf, nuclear fusion reactions can occur and intensify, culminating into a cosmic - sized
hydrogen bomb blast.
Not exact matches
And if the
blast appears to be caused by a
hydrogen bomb, it would show North Korea could pull off a devastating thermonuclear strike on US soil.
If it struck the Earth, it would trigger a 1.13 - gigaton
blast, more than 20 times larger than the biggest
hydrogen bomb ever tested.