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Strange Universe With Bob Berman

Weird White Dwarfs

White dwarf stars happen to be some of the strangest stars in our galaxy. These nights they can appear during the next clear evening at nightfall orbiting our closest celestial neighbors: the Dog Star Sirius and Procyon, the main star of the Canis Minor constellation. Hear how stars, such as our sun, will change over billions of years to become white dwarfs.

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