Zeus Valtierra Meteored Mexico
When the nuclear reactions that keep a star shining come to a halt, gravity takes complete control of the system and all the stellar mass begins to collapse toward the center under its own weight, significantly reducing its original size.
This gravitational contraction crushes matter to extremely high densities, something beyond our everyday human experience. Imagine compressing all the mass of our Sun until it fits perfectly into a small sphere the size of Earth.
The compact remnants resulting from this astronomical process are scientifically known as white dwarfs….
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