What kind of stars become white dwarfs?

A white dwarf is a type of star that contains about as much matter as the Sun, but packed into a size comparable to the Earth. ... process of a star becoming a white dwarf depends on the mass of the star, but all stars less massive than about 8 times the mass of the Sun (99% of all stars) will eventually become white dwarfs. read more

The stars in the sky may seem ageless and unchanging, but eventually most of them will turn into white dwarfs, the last observable stage of evolution for low- and medium-mass stars. These dim stellar corpses dot the galaxy, leftovers from brightly burning stars. read more

Such a star will not become a white dwarf, because the mass of its central, non-fusing core, initially supported by electron degeneracy pressure, will eventually exceed the largest possible mass supportable by degeneracy pressure. read more