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It is believed that black dwawfs are the burnt out hulks of white dwarfs. In its dying phase a star 1.5 solar masses or less will shrink to something around the size of the Earth, and there is no more nuclear fusion taking place , but heat remaining will make it continue to shine for several billion years. It can only shrink so far because of electron degeneracy, a condition where the electron repulsion stops them from being pushed any closer together.It will not shrink further as a black dwarf.

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