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Puffy white dwarfs could shed light on mysterious dark matter. Here's how.

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White dwarfs are the core remains of sun-like stars that have used up all their usable nuclear fuel.

Theory predicts that the hotter a white dwarf is, the more bloated its outer layers should be.

Understanding the structure of white dwarfs could ultimately prove key in discovering what mysterious dark matter is made from.

Understanding white dwarfs provides a window into our sun's future when it becomes a white dwarf in about five billion years time.

They potentially act as a portal into the realms of general relativity, quantum physics and dark matter.

We're not there yet, though — there's still more that has to be learned about white dwarf.

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