White Dwarf stars sometimes have other stars orbiting nearby.

白矮星附近有时候有别的恒星环绕。

Essentially they are White Dwarf stars that become nuclear bombs.

其实它们就是变成核弹的白矮星。

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。

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.

中间是一颗白矮星。

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

在星中，白矮星在事件发生后仍然活跃。

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在两颗白矮星上的多岩石的、类似于小行星的物质。

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。

The hydrogen then flows toward the white dwarf's magnetic poles.

然后氢气流向白矮星的磁极。

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”白矮星。

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中心。

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

这个物体的质量太，不可能是白矮星或中子星。

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 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、白矮星和黑洞初是如何形成的。

The explosion is not widespread and does not destroy the white dwarf.

这次爆炸并不广泛，也没有摧毁白矮星。

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。

The white dwarf's gravity can pull hydrogen gas from the companion star's surface.

白矮星的引力可以将氢气从伴星表面拉出来。

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。