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使得污染的信号最。

We now call such stars -- white dwarfs.

我们现在称这种恒为——。

And in the center is a white dwarf.

中间是一颗。

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时。

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

像太阳这样较小的恒会留下。

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

它含两颗引力相互作用的恒——一颗和一颗红巨。

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上的多岩石的、类似于小行的物质。

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

从某种程度上说，是一颗虽然已经萎缩，但仍旧不服老的高龄恒。

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

这个物体的质量太，不可能是或中子。

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描述为一颗地球小的恒死亡后的残骸。

White dwarfs have cruelly strong gravity.

具有极强的引力。

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

在我们的系中已经发现了一万多颗。

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

宇宙会变得越来越暗淡，仅由较小的红和照亮（快烧尽的太阳灰渣）。

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

以及中子、和黑洞最初是如何形成的。

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

在新中，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.

“的引力非常强，以致于会吸取同伴的氢元素。

An ice cream scoop of white dwarf material outweighs 60 cars.

一个材料制成的冰淇淋球比60辆汽车还要重。

The glow in a planetary nebula is due to the hot central white dwarf exciting the gas.

行状云中的光芒是由中央炽热的激发气体产生的。

That planet eating balloon deflates 9.5 billion years down the line, leaving a white dwarf in its place.

这个吃人气球将在95亿年后彻底收缩，留下一颗。

Ben Murdin of the University of Surrey, for example, has been making white dwarfs.

比如说，萨里学的本-穆迪一直在“制作”。