Will our Sun ever undergo a white dwarf supernova explosion? Why or why not?
A) Yes,right at the end of its double-shell burning stage of life.
B) Yes,about a million years after it becomes a white dwarf.
C) No,because it is not orbited by another star.
D) No,because the Sun's core will never be hot enough to fuse carbon and other heavier elements into iron.
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