Using the Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have discovered a compact binary system consisting of two white dwarfs in the center of a nearby globular cluster designated NGC 6397. The finding was ...
A study of supernova remnant SNR 0519-69.0 using the Chandra X-ray telescope, Hubble and more has narrowed down its age to several hundred of years. The remnant is located in the "Large Magellanic ...
Dustin Swarm, an astrophysicist and assistant professor at the University of Iowa, recently helped capture the first X-ray view of a white dwarf star. Swarm, in collaboration with MIT, studied the ...
A research team has successfully imaged a nova in high resolution—and the images suggest that the nova was not a single, impulsive explosion. A nova is an astronomical phenomenon that occurs in a ...
WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Astronomers have observed a white dwarf - a highly compact Earth-sized stellar ember - that is creating a colorful shockwave as it moves through space, leaving them ...
Using NASA’s IXPE, astronomers captured an unprecedented view of a white dwarf star actively feeding on material from a companion. The data revealed giant columns of ultra-hot gas shaped by the star’s ...
Hubble spots white dwarf star 'snacking' on chunk of Pluto-like object. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a white dwarf star devouring a piece of a Pluto-like object. The star is about ...
Astronomers at Michigan State University and the University of Michigan have teamed up on research that's taken the highest-resolution images to date of star explosions called novae (the plural of ...
Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The recent deaths of two white dwarf stars are challenging our ...
What can white dwarf stars eating their own planets teach astronomers about planetary and solar system formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal hopes ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have observed a white dwarf - a highly compact stellar ember - that appears to have gobbled up an icy world akin to the dwarf planet ...
What will our solar system look like after the Sun dies? This is what a recent study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society hopes to address as a team of scientists ...