Science in a Minute 011019 Sun in the Distant Future Will Form Crystal Core

Astronomers from England’s University of Warwick say they have found definitive evidence that White Dwarf stars form crystal cores made of metallic oxygen and carbon. A white dwarf is a star that is in its final phase of dying before becoming a black dwarf, a cold and lifeless hunk of rock, trillions of years later. The British researchers also found that this crystallization slows down the white dwarf’s aging process, delaying its transformation into a black dwarf.