Black Dwarf
Key Stage 4
Meaning
A black dwarf is a star in the final stage of a low mass star's life in which it no longer radiates any light because it is so cold.
About Black Dwarves
- When a white dwarf radiates its thermal energy it gets darker and darker until it stops radiating light and becomes a black dwarf.
- There are no black dwarves in the universe yet because the universe hasn't been around long enough for white dwarves to have cooled down sufficiently.
- A black dwarf is a cold, dense ball of mostly Carbon around the size of planet Earth.
References
AQA
- Black dwarf stars, page 252, GCSE Physics, Hodder, AQA
- Black dwarf, page 284, GCSE Physics; Student Book, Collins, AQA
- Black dwarfs, page 100, GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA
- Black dwarfs, page 234, GCSE Physics; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA
- Black dwarfs, pages 318, 319, GCSE Physics; The Complete 9-1 Course for AQA, CGP, AQA