The remnant of a star that has collapsed, having an extremely dense state with no empty space between its atoms, but not reaching the extremely dense state of a neutron star or black hole
The remnant of a star that has collapsed, having an extremely dense state with no empty space between its atoms, but not reaching the extremely dense state of a neutron star or black hole. a hot star, near the end of its life, that is more solid but less bright than the sun red giant
{i} (Astronomy) small and extremely dense star of high surface temperature and nearly the size of earth (it is produced when a low to medium mass star dies)