White Dwarf Star Turns Pink and Green as Scientists Uncover Its Final Stage
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The color of most stars reflects their temperature. The coolest ones appear orange, the ones like the Sun appear white, and the hottest ones appear pale blue, much like the way heated iron turns red and then white. This is because stars radiate almost like black bodies, and the elements in their atmospheres absorb only a small portion of the radiation and do not change the overall color. It was thought that the same rule applies to white dwarfs,…
A recent analysis of white dwarfs in our galactic neighbourhood reveals that they do not all have a whitish hue. This unprecedented result broadens the diversity of star colours, going so far as to unveil the first green star in our galaxy.
New findings challenge the notion that dying stars only shine white.
White Dwarf Star Turns Pink and Green as Scientists Uncover Its Final Stage
Stars come in a wide range of colors, generally determined by their temperatures: cooler stars look orange, Sun-like stars appear white, and the hottest stars glow light blue. But a recent study suggests that white dwarfs can be far more colorful than their name implies, with some appearing pink, green, purple, yellow, or light blue. [...]
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