Sentences with phrase «tiny white dwarf star»

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PSR J1713 +0747, as it is known, has a tiny white dwarf companion star, and the two orbit each other exceptionally predictably.

Was it a massive star, like the Crab's progenitor, or a tiny white dwarf, like the stars of 1006, 1572 and 1604?

Such a star may become a white dwarf or a neutron star, but if the star is sufficiently massive then it may continue shrinking eventually to the size of a tiny atom: this is the so - called «gravitational singularity».

While now tiny compared to main sequence stars, white dwarf stars are actually intensely hot, but without the internal heat of fusion to keep them burning, they gradually cool and fade away.

While tiny compared to main sequence stars, white dwarf stars are actually intensely hot, but without the internal heat of fusion to keep them burning, they gradually cool and fade away.