Multiple choice

Which of the following describes a tiny, dense, hot star representing the later stage in the life-cycle of a star, with matter in it so dense that a single tea-spoonful of it would weigh several tonnes?

  1. Black dwarf

  2. Supernova

  3. Supergiants

  4. White dwarf
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Explanation

White dwarf is a very small hot star, the last stage in the life cycle of a star like the Sun. White dwarfs have a mass similar to that of the Sun, but are only 1% of the Sun's diameter; approximately the diameter of the Earth. 

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