White dwarfs—the ultimate destiny of stars like the sun—maximize the pollution signal.

类似太阳一样终极命运的恒星白矮星使得污染的信号最大化。

We now call such stars -- white dwarfs.

我们现在称这种恒星为——白矮星。

And in the center is a white dwarf.

间是一颗白矮星。

Or, it seems, when you're cruising past a white dwarf star.

或者可以说在你缓慢驶过一颗白矮星时。

Smaller stars like the sun leave behind what are called white dwarves.

像太阳这样较小的恒星会留下白矮星。

It contains two gravitationally linked stars – a white dwarf and a red giant.

它包含两颗引力相互作用的恒星——一颗白矮星和一颗红巨星。

Now researchers have identified rocky, asteroidlike material raining down on two white dwarfs.

如今，研究人员已经确定了如下雨般落在两颗白矮星上的的、类似于小行星的物质。

White dwarfs have cruelly strong gravity.

白矮星具有极强的引力。

A white dwarf is the stellar equivalent of a shrunken but feisty old-age pensioner.

从某种程度上说，白矮星是一颗虽然已经萎缩，但仍旧不服老的高龄恒星。

Burdge added that the white dwarf interrupted the normal development of the first star.

伯德格补充称，那颗白矮星阻断了第一颗恒星的正常发展。

Scientists say it lost hydrogen from its outer layers to the smaller white dwarf.

科学家表示，其外层的氢流失到更小的那颗白矮星上。

The object was too massive to be a white dwarf or a neutron star.

这个物体的质量太大，不可能是白矮星或子星。

NASA describes a white dwarf as the remains of an Earth-sized star that died.

美国国家航空航天局将白矮星描述为一颗地球大小的恒星死亡后的残骸。

Over 10,000 white dwarfs have now been found in our galaxy.

在我们的星系已经发现了一万颗白矮星。

The universe becomes dimmer and dimmer, illuminated only by smaller red and white dwarfs.

宇宙会变得越来越暗淡，仅由较小的红矮星和白矮星照亮（快烧尽的太阳灰渣）。

The event involves thermonuclear explosions that take place on a star called a white dwarf.

该事件涉及发生在一颗名为白矮星的恒星上的热核爆炸。

And how neutron stars, white dwarfs and black holes are created in the first place.

以及子星、白矮星和黑洞最初是如何形成的。

In a nova, the white dwarf remains active after the event.

在新星，白矮星在事件发生后仍然活跃。

The white dwarf's gravity is so powerful it can suck hydrogen off of that companion.

“白矮星的引力非常强，以致于会吸取同伴的氢元素。

A white dwarf is the hot and dense center of a burned out star.

白矮星是一颗燃烧殆尽的恒星的炽热而密集的心。