Tidal forces supercharge tightly orbiting white dwarfs, reshaping their size, heat, and explosive cosmic futures. White dwarfs are the dense remnants left behind after a star stops producing energy through nuclear fusion, a stage our own sun will reach far in the future. These stellar remnants behave in unusual ways, since their internal structure makes … Continue reading Dead Stars Aren’t So Dead After All: The Hidden Force Inflating White Dwarfs