 Accreting White Dwarfs
Deep research from the TeSRE Institute - an Italian body who analyze observations in the IR, optical, X-ray and gamma ray energy bands.
American Scientist: White Dwarf Stars
Special site that covers the functionality of the white dwarf star.
Astronomy 162: White Dwarfs and Novae
Short on text, but contains excellent images, diagrams and a table of the brightest white dwarfs
A Brown Dwarf Solar flare
Article on the surprise solar flare of a brown dwarf star detected by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Chandra X-Ray Observatory: Brown Dwarf Stars
Introduction and data on brown dwarf stars.
Coronae of Dwarf Stars
Highly mathematical explanation of how to calculate the coronae of dwarf stars.
Echelle Spectra for White Dwarfs
Contains final processed IUE SWP echelle spectra for all 55 hot white dwarfs
MSN Encarta - Brown Dwarf
Brief encyclopedia article.
NASA: White Dwarfs Introduction
Easy to understand and includes images
Royal Observatory Greenwich: White Dwarfs
Explains stellar stability and evolution, electron degeneracy, the observation and evolution of white dwarfs, and the white dwarf Sirius B.
Using White Dwarf Stars as Ultraviolet Photometric Standards
Scientific Paper by Christopher K. Pankratz of Johns Hopkins University, March 10, 1997.
White Dwarfs by Stefan Jordan
Home page by Stefan Jordan detailing some useful technical properties of White Dwarfs.
White Dwarfs Lecture
The origin and general characteristics of white dwarfs. High School level.
Cosmic census finds universe full of brown dwarfs
Details the surprising amount of brown dwarf stars in the universe. CNN article (August 23, 2000)
The Discovery of Brown Dwarfs
Less massive than stars but more massive than planets, brown dwarfs were long assumed to be rare. New sky surveys, however, show that the objects may be as common as stars. Article from Scientific American (April, 2000)
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