Black Dwarf

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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 Iron around the size of planet Earth.