Do black dwarfs exist in the Milky Way?

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George C.
Dec 30, 2015

Not yet

Explanation:

For a black dwarf to form by the cooling of a white dwarf is estimated to require about 10^15 years.

The universe has only been around for about 13.8 billion years. That's 1.38 xx 10^10 years.

So it will take until about 70000 times the current age of the universe for the first black dwarfs to form.

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