Space.com September 16, 2026 • 16:00

The universe's most extreme dead stars can form from vampire white dwarfs — and scientists finally know how - Space

By Robert Lea

The universe's most extreme dead stars can form from vampire white dwarfs — and scientists finally know how - Space

Like a cosmic Goldilocks, white dwarfs have to experience conditions that are "just right" to transform into neutron stars.

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