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White Dwarf
The dense, hot core left behind after a low- or intermediate-mass star expels its outer layers. White dwarfs are composed mostly of electron-degenerate matter and no longer undergo fusion.
Source: chandra.harvard.edu
APODs including "White Dwarf"
Supernova 2025rbs in NGC 7331
31/07/2025
A Helix Nebula Deep Field
29/07/2025
A Double Detonation Supernova
22/07/2025
Nova V462 Lupi Now Visible
03/07/2025
NGC 6302: The Butterfly Nebula
06/06/2025
NGC 1360: The Robin's Egg Nebula
14/05/2025
Planetary Nebula NGC 1514 from Webb
15/04/2025
Planetary Nebula Abell 7
07/03/2025
M27: The Dumbbell Nebula
30/12/2024
Messier 4
29/11/2024
The Medusa Nebula
22/11/2024
Jones-Emberson 1
12/07/2024
GK Per: Nova and Planetary Nebula
30/04/2024
Rings Around the Ring Nebula
28/04/2024
Unusual Nebula Pa 30
03/04/2024
HFG1 & Abell 6: Planetary Nebulae
12/02/2024
NGC 2440: Cocoon of a New White Dwarf
24/12/2023
MyCn 18: The Engraved Hourglass Planetary Nebula
03/10/2023
Cygnus: Bubble and Crescent
04/09/2023
The Pistachio Nebula
22/08/2023
The Ring Nebula from Webb and Hubble
14/08/2023
NGC 1360: The Robin's Egg Nebula
05/08/2023
M27: The Dumbbell Nebula
30/05/2023
The Helix Nebula from CFHT
07/05/2023
M2-9: Wings of a Butterfly Nebula
16/04/2023
The Egg Nebula in Polarized Light
09/04/2023
The Medusa Nebula
17/03/2023
RCW 86: Historical Supernova Remnant
03/03/2023
Jones-Emberson 1
24/02/2023
Webb's Southern Ring Nebula
14/07/2022