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  2. White dwarf - Wikipedia

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    A less common observable evidence is infrared excess due to a flat and optically thick debris disk, which is found in around 1%–4% of white dwarfs. [155] The first white dwarf with infrared excess was discovered by Zuckerman and Becklin in 1987 in the near-infrared around Giclas 29-38 [160] and later confirmed as a debris disk. [161]

  3. List of white dwarfs - Wikipedia

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    First discovered Sirius B: 1852 Sirius system Sirius B is also the nearest white dwarf (as of 2005) [2] [3] First found in a binary star system First double white dwarf system LDS 275: 1944 L 462-56 system [4] First solitary white dwarf Van Maanen 2: 1917 Van Maanen's star is also the nearest solitary white dwarf [5] First white dwarf with a planet

  4. WD J0914+1914 - Wikipedia

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    WD J0914+1914 is the first single white dwarf star found to have a giant planet orbiting it. Evidence of the giant planet was discovered by a team of astronomers from the UK, Chile and Germany.

  5. List of smallest known stars - Wikipedia

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    An exoplanet orbits PSR B1620-26 and its white dwarf companion (see below) in a circumbinary orbit. HD 49798: 1,600 White dwarf: One of the smallest white dwarf stars known. [14] ZTF J1901+1458: 1,809 Currently the most massive white dwarf known. [15] Janus: 3,400 A white dwarf with a side of hydrogen and another side of helium. [16] Wolf 1130 ...

  6. WD 1425+540 - Wikipedia

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    This is evident from the pollution of the white dwarf atmosphere with metals, especially the pollution with nitrogen. WD 1425+540 is the first white dwarf with detected nitrogen. [5] [6] The white dwarf has a K-dwarf companion called G200-40, about 40 arcseconds away. [5] The white dwarf nature of the object was discovered by Greenstein in 1974 ...

  7. Pregnant ‘dwarf’-like creature found on tree in Uganda is ...

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    Photos from researchers show the “large” woodland animal.

  8. List of star extremes - Wikipedia

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    Nearest white dwarf: Sirius B: 1852 8.6 light-years (2.6 pc) Sirius B is also the second white dwarf discovered, after 40 Eridani B. [9] [25] [26] Nearest brown dwarf: Luhman 16: 2013 6.5 light-years (2.0 pc) This is a pair of brown dwarfs in a binary system, with no other stars. [27] Nearest Luminous Blue Variable: P Cygni: 5,251 light-years ...

  9. Pregnant creature — with ‘painted’ body — found on farm in ...

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    The “dwarf”-like animal was discovered on a cashew farm, researchers said. ... The male gecko has an orange-yellow body and striped black and white tail. A line of white blotches runs down its ...