Tag: cosmic timescales
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Do Cores of Dead Stars Exist Forever? The Silent Fate of White Dwarfs and Friends
Do Cores of Dead Stars Exist Forever? When stars die, their bright inner engines fade away, leaving behind dense cores that astronomers study for clues about stellar evolution. The core remnants of sunlike stars are white dwarfs, ultracompact bodies that shine with residual heat long after a star has shed its outer layers. A natural…
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Do the Cores of Dead Stars Last Forever? White Dwarfs, Cooling, and the Fate of Stellar Remnants
Introduction: What happens when stars die? When a sunlike star exhausts its nuclear fuel, it sheds its outer layers and leaves behind a dense core. This remnant is a white dwarf, a compact stellar core supported by electron degeneracy pressure rather than ongoing fusion. Far from a dramatic goodbye, these remnants are quiet, enduring objects…