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Hubble has discovered four hidden dead stars, known as white dwarfs, located near the Sun.

Hubble uncovers four hidden dead stars near the Sun Dead stars in our cosmic backyard: Astronomers spot four white dwarfs hiding under our noses Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Host: Cool Stuff Daily

Topics covered

• astronomy
• white dwarfs
• cosmic discovery
• Hubble Space Telescope
• stellar corpses

Keywords

• Hubble
• white dwarfs
• dead stars
• astronomy
• cosmic backyard

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