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Stars less massive than 1.4 MSun
can end as white
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dwarfs
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Stars more massive than 1.4 MSun
can end as white
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dwarfs, if they lose enough of their mass
(during PN
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stage) that they end up with less than 1.4 MSun
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Stars whose degenerate cores grow more massive than
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1.4 MSun will undergo a
catastrophic core collapse:
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Neutron stars
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Supernova
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