A white dwarf is what all stars below a certain mass end their lives as. (Contrast neutron stars and black holes.)
Tomorrow (3:30pm in room 109 of Nicholson Hall), F.X. Timmes of Arizona State University will discuss current news of white dwarfs.
More information:
http://www.daviddarling.info/encycloped ... dwarf.html
https://www.lsu.edu/physics/colloquia-s ... oquium.php
White Dwarfs
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Christopher K.
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Christopher K.
- Posts: 5562
- Joined: October 12th, 2009, 3:28 pm
- Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Re: White Dwarfs
An interesting turn of events.... While conducting a search for brown dwarfs, enthusiastic amateur Melina Thévenot found the first white dwarf ever known to have multiple dusty rings. It's fun to perform citizen science!
More information:
http://pono.ucsd.edu/~adam/wordpress/bl ... ite-dwarf/
https://asunow.asu.edu/20190219-discove ... dwarf-star
June 2019 Astronomy, p. 9
More information:
http://pono.ucsd.edu/~adam/wordpress/bl ... ite-dwarf/
https://asunow.asu.edu/20190219-discove ... dwarf-star
June 2019 Astronomy, p. 9