Astronomers discover first green star and reddest white dwarf

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAstronomers have found what appears to be the first green star ever seen, the science site Live Science reports.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA green star. I'd like it noted I have never trusted a star that changes its story.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's a white dwarf, the leftover core of a dead star. A new study says these remnants come in many colours, including purple and pink.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorPurple. Pink. Green. Somewhere a textbook has a very confident chapter called White Dwarfs.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe same study also found the reddest white dwarf ever seen.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA red white dwarf. If the label can be that wrong, Hank, what else on the star chart is mislabelled?

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThink about that for a moment, because astronomers clearly didn't.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMost of it, probably.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI want the word white formally withdrawn. A century of paperwork, and nobody checked the colour.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the green one is still called a white dwarf.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorOf course it is.