> Previous studies, which did not take this effect into account, put the lifetime of white dwarfs at 10^1100 years That's some kind of typo no? I've only heard

> Previous studies, which did not take this effect into account, put the lifetime of white dwarfs at 10^1100 years That's some kind of typo no? I've only heard previous estimates for white dwarf to be trillions of years, that is significantly shorter that 10^1100 Edit: never mind, by lifetime that me proton decay, not how long they shine light