The passage reads: After the time (41) has elapsed, most of the matter in the universe is in the form of ordinary low-mass stars that have settled down into white dwarf configurations and become cold spheres of pure iron. But an iron star is still not in its state of lowest energy. It could release a huge amount of energy if it could collapse...
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