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What holds up a white dwarf against gravity?

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  1. Ongoing hydrogen fusion
  2. Rotation
  3. Electron degeneracy pressure

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  1. Astronomy 2e, 23.1 The Death of Low-Mass Stars openstax.org/books/astronomy-2e/pages/23-1-the-death-of-low-mass-stars Checked 2026-10-10.

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