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  • White Dwarfs: The Remnants of Red Giant Stars - Definition & Properties
    The small dense star that remains after a red giant is called a white dwarf.

    Here's a breakdown:

    * Red Giant: A red giant is a star that has exhausted its hydrogen fuel in its core and has expanded significantly.

    * White Dwarf: After a red giant sheds its outer layers, the remaining core collapses into a very dense, hot, and small star called a white dwarf. It is primarily composed of carbon and oxygen, and it no longer undergoes nuclear fusion.

    * Density: White dwarfs are incredibly dense, packing the mass of our sun into a volume roughly the size of Earth.

    * Cooling: White dwarfs gradually cool over billions of years, eventually becoming faint white dwarfs and then black dwarfs.

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