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  • Sirius B: Understanding White Dwarfs and Stellar Evolution
    One star that has run out of hydrogen is Sirius B, the white dwarf companion to Sirius A (the brightest star in the night sky).

    Here's why:

    * Sirius B is a white dwarf, which is the final stage of a star like our Sun after it has exhausted its hydrogen fuel.

    * White dwarfs are incredibly dense, about the size of the Earth but with the mass of our Sun.

    * They are no longer fusing hydrogen, but they still glow faintly due to residual heat.

    While there are many white dwarfs in our galaxy, Sirius B is a particularly well-studied example, as it is relatively close to Earth and its companion Sirius A allows us to study its properties.

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