That item is currently part of an optional question bank that state and local governments can choose to include when crafting their own surveys.
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Sarah Todd,
STAT,
15 Oct. 2026
The hotter and bluer white dwarfs are mostly brighter, so they can be seen from further away and are over-represented in surveys that only look at a star’s brightness.
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