Why are white dwarfs so hot 2024?
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Such stars eventually blow off the material of their outer layers, which creates an expanding shell of gas called a planetary nebula. Within this nebula, the hot core of the star remains--crushed to high density by gravity--as a white dwarf with temperatures over 180,000 degrees Fahrenheit (100,000 degrees Celsius).
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Such stars eventually blow off the material of their outer layers, which creates an expanding shell of gas called a planetary nebula. Within this nebula, the hot core of the star remains--crushed to high density by gravity--as a white dwarf with temperatures over 180,000 degrees Fahrenheit (100,000 degrees Celsius).