White Dwarfs Can Still Undergo Stable Thermonuclear Activity
Could dying stars hold the secret to looking younger? New evidence from the
White dwarfs are the slowly cooling stars that have cast off their outer layers during the last stages of their lives. They are common objects in the cosmos; roughly 98% of all the stars in the Universe will ultimately end up as white dwarfs, including our own Sun.[1] Studying these cooling stages helps astronomers understand not only white dwarfs, but also their earlier stages as well.
To investigate the physics underpinning White Dwarfs Can Still Undergo Stable Thermonuclear Activity