The Science Asylum | What Are White Dwarf Stars? @ScienceAsylum | Uploaded 7 years ago | Updated 8 hours ago
White dwarfs are a type of stellar corpse, the mass left over when fusion stops in a star. They would collapse on themselves under gravity if it wasn't for quantum mechanics, the Pauli exclusion principle, and electron degeneracy pressure. Here's how they work.
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VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS

What are Black Holes?
http://youtu.be/ACCeFVeT984

Nuclear Fusion Explained:
youtu.be/LKUPAk5049M

Crookes Radiometer:
youtu.be/Li_nmKw4Buc

Periodic Table Explained:
youtu.be/r40g-lurgHI
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RELATED YOUTUBE VIDEOS

Kurz Gesagt on White Dwarfs:
youtu.be/qsN1LglrX9s

Crash Course on White Dwarfs:
youtu.be/Mj06h8BeeOA

Socratica on White Dwarfs:
youtu.be/ITD8s-bLXSk
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OTHER SOURCES

Chandrasekhar 1931 Papers:
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1931ApJ....74...81C
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1994JApA...15..105C

Red Dwarf Stats:
http://www.astrobio.net/alien-life/red-dwarf-stars-might-best-places-discover-alien-life
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LINKS TO COMMENTS

qbslug - Featured Comment:
youtube.com/watch?v=r40g-lurgHI&lc=z12gudlj4mazwpbzk04cctnxsz3fgtlx40k
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IMAGE CREDITS

NASA Big Bang Animation:
youtu.be/LeUcjqqhNxM

Sirius A and B:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sirius_A_and_B_Hubble_photo.jpg

Chandrasekhar:
http://chandra.harvard.edu/resources/illustrations/chandraPortraits.html

Seven Dwarfs:
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