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Hotter White Dwarfs are Slightly Puffier than Cooler Ones, New Study Says


Using a catalog of 26,041 white dwarfs observed by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, astronomers have confirmed a long-predicted effect in these ancient ultradense stars.

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