What Are White Dwarf Stars?
White dwarfs are a type of stellar corpse, the mass left over when fusion stops in a star. They would collapse on themselves under gravity if it wasn't for quantum mechanics, the Pauli exclusion principle, and electron degeneracy pressure. Here's how they work.
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VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS
What are Black Holes?
• Basic FAQs about Black Holes
Nuclear Fusion Explained:
• Nuclear Fusion Explained
Crookes Radiometer:
• How Does The Crookes Radiometer Work?
Periodic Table Explained:
• Why does the Periodic Table look like that?
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RELATED YOUTUBE VIDEOS
Kurz Gesagt on White Dwarfs:
• The Last Light Before Eternal Darkness – W...
Crash Course on White Dwarfs:
• White Dwarfs & Planetary Nebulae: Crash Co...
Socratica on White Dwarfs:
• What are white dwarfs? (Astronomy)
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OTHER SOURCES
Chandrasekhar 1931 Papers:
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1931ApJ...
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1994JAp...
Red Dwarf Stats:
http://www.astrobio.net/alien-life/re...
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LINKS TO COMMENTS
qbslug - Featured Comment:
• Why does the Periodic Table look like that?
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IMAGE CREDITS
NASA Big Bang Animation:
• NASA | The Big Bang
Sirius A and B:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Chandrasekhar:
http://chandra.harvard.edu/resources/...
Seven Dwarfs:
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/...