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Our experts examine the hottest new research CUTTING EDGE
White dwarf stars are formed when all but the most massive stars run out of hydrogen fuel for their nuclear fusion and exit the main sequence. The star swells up as an enormously inflated red giant, puffing off its outer layers into a beautiful nebula of ionised gases. The core is all that remains