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All white dwarfs do not have about the same mass. White dwarfs vary in mass because the stars they form from are not all the same mass.

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Do all stars begin as white dwarfs?

No. Stars do not start as whit dwarfs. A white dwarf is the remnant of dead star.


What is a small hot star that is near the end of its life called?

There are small hot stars - White dwarfs, neutron stars but by furtue that they are hot, means they are not near the end of their lives. It takes a long long time for all the residual heat to escape into the Universe. So, there are NO hot stars near the end of it's life.


Giants supergiants white dwarfs have left the main sequence?

Yes, all those types of stars have left the main sequence.


Why are all white dwarf about the same mass?

An object below a certain mass will never become a star in the first place; rather, it will remain a brown dwarf. And an object above a certain mass will have such a strong gravitation (once its fuel runs out) that it will collapse into a neutron star, instead of a white dwarf.


How is the sun different from a white dwarf?

A red dwarf is simply a main sequence star that has a low mass, resulting a slow rate of fusion and a low luminosity. A brown dwarf is essentially a failed star without enough mass for nuclear fusion. Brown dwarfs may ignite deuterium fusion but cannot sustain it. Brown dwarfs can be thought of as intermediate between stars and gas planets. A blue dwarf is a hypothetical class of star that develops when a red dwarf consumes most of its hydrogen fuel and undergoes an increase in surface temperature, thus becoming bluer. Since red dwarfs consume their fuel so slowly the universe is not old enough for any blue dwarfs to have formed yet. A white dwarf is the dense remnant of a low to medium mass star in which fusion has stopped after the fuel was exhausted. White dwarfs glow with from their leftover heat.

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Are there more white dwarfs of more black holes?

I think white dwarfs. This is because they are much more low mass than black holes. White dwarfs are much more common in the universe than black holes, because we have only discovered a few black holes whereas we are aware of many white dwarfs.


What are facts about white dwarfs?

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Where in space are white dwarfs located?

There are lots of white dwarfs; all the galaxies have them, including ours (the Milky Way).


Are there white dwarfs past Pluto?

Yes. All white dwarfs are orders of magnitude farther away than Pluto is.


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No. Stars do not start as whit dwarfs. A white dwarf is the remnant of dead star.


Is this true or false brown dwarfs white dwarfs and neutron stars are all kept from collapsing by degeneracy pressure?

True.


What happens to stars which are less massive than sun?

Stars with more than about 80% of the Sun's mass behave like the Sun. They should eventually become red giant stars then white dwarf stars. Stars with mass of between about 8% and 80% of the Sun's mass are red dwarf stars. Below that come the "brown dwarfs, which aren't really true stars at all. The red dwarfs cannot fuse helium, so they simply become "white dwarf" stars when they have used up all their hydrogen "fuel".


What was the first disney film ever made?

I think that would be Snow White and the Seven Dwarves which was made in 1937


Are all stars bigger than Earth?

yes except white dwarf and black dwarfs


How are white dwarfs neutron Stars and black holes alike?

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How many dwarfs were there in the story 'Snow White'?

the answer is ......... 6 dwarfs dopey the youngoust has not have a beard thanks hope that works for you stuff


Why have no white dwarfs cooled to form black dwarfs in the galaxy?

According to astronomers and authors Jonathan Weiner and Carl Sagan, white dwarfs - which have been an accepted entities by all astronomers for decades - require an amount of time to "cool down" that well exceeds the current age of the universe - hence there hasn't been enough time for any of them to cool down yet and become "black dwarfs".