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.

我们现称这种恒星为——白矮星。

And in the center is a white dwarf.

中间是一颗白矮星。

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

或者可以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，研究人确定了如下雨般落两颗白矮星上的多岩石的、类似于小行星的物质。

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

从某种程度上，白矮星是一颗虽然萎缩，但仍旧不服老的高龄恒星。

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

这个物体的质量太大，不可能是白矮星或中子星。

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。

White dwarfs have cruelly strong gravity.

白矮星具有极强的引力。

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

我们的星系中发现了一万多颗白矮星。

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）。

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

以及中子星、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.

新星中，白矮星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。

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

一个白矮星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.

行星状星云中的光芒是由中央炽热的白矮星激发气体产生的。

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95亿年后彻底收缩，留下一颗白矮星。

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

比如，萨里大学的本-穆迪一直“制作”白矮星。