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dwarf
(redirected from dwarf star)

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dwarf verb control, dominate, minimize, rise above, stunt, tower over
Associated concepts: federal government's laws dwarfing state laws, supremacy clause


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The red dwarf star Mira A, located 350 light-years from Earth, is famous for its wildly varying brightness, which changes by a factor of 1,000 during every 11-month cycle.
It is named for a White Dwarf Star, a small and extremely dense star.
Subramanyan Chandrasekhar, nicknamed Chandra, of India had proposed that a white dwarf star eventually collapse under its own weight to form a body whose gravity is so strong that it won't even let out light: a black hole.
 
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