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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"
Explosions from White Dwarf Star RS Oph
26/07/2006
Mira: The Wonderful Star
22/07/2006
An Intermediate Polar Binary System
21/05/2006
NGC 2440: Cocoon of a New White Dwarf
07/05/2006
NGC 246 and the Dying Star
18/04/2006
A Nearby Supernova in Spiral Galaxy M100
07/03/2006
Recurrent Nova RS Ophiuci
24/02/2006
SN 1006: Supernova Remnant in X-Rays
26/12/2005
NGC 3242: The Ghost of Jupiter
29/10/2005
Spherical Planetary Nebula Abell 39
28/07/2005
M2-9: Wings of a Butterfly Nebula
12/06/2005
M27: The Dumbbell Nebula
03/06/2005
White Dwarf Star Spiral
01/06/2005
Mira: The Wonderful Star
05/05/2005
Accretion Disk Simulation
12/03/2005
NGC 2440: Cocoon of a New White Dwarf
23/01/2005
Nebula Nova Cygni Turns On
16/01/2005
X-Rays From Tycho's Supernova Remnant
22/05/2004
Rungs of the Red Rectangle
13/05/2004
NGC 6369: The Little Ghost Nebula
07/02/2004
M2-9: Wings of a Butterfly Nebula
01/02/2004
NGC 2440: Cocoon of a New White Dwarf
11/01/2004
An Intermediate Polar Binary System
10/11/2003
The Planet, the White Dwarf, and the Neutron Star
18/07/2003
X-Ray Milky Way
12/07/2003
NGC 1818: Pick A Star
31/05/2003
NGC 7293: The Helix Nebula
10/05/2003
The Egg Nebula in Polarized Light
09/04/2003
DEM L71: When Small Stars Explode
14/03/2003
Pauli Exclusion Principle: Why You Don't Implode
19/02/2003