Boris Gänsicke
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“Yet if we take the median across a representative population of white dwarfs, we found that the average white dwarf really is white.”
Boris Gänsicke · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-16
Despite finding colorful outliers, the study's median result confirmed that the typical white dwarf remains white.
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“One in thirty might not sound like a huge fraction, but across the entire population of white dwarfs in the Universe, that is still a lot of oddly colored stars out there,”
Boris Gänsicke · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-16
The team found that roughly one in thirty white dwarfs may shine in unusual colors based on a study of 151 nearby white dwarfs.
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