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White dwarf
The exposed carbon-oxygen core left after a Sun-like star sheds its outer layers.
About the size of Earth but 60% of the Sun's mass. Slowly cools over billions of years.
The exposed carbon-oxygen core left after a Sun-like star sheds its outer layers.
About the size of Earth but 60% of the Sun's mass. Slowly cools over billions of years.