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White dwarves have run out of fuel; therefore they have stopped producing energy, through nuclear fusion. Also, they are very small - smaller than planet Earth, while (for comparison) our Sun has 109 times the diameter of Earth; they are very dense (a cubic centimeter of white dwarf matter has a mass of several tons), and fairly hot - though, since they don't produce energy, they will gradually cool down.

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