James Webb Space Telescope Captures the Stunning Demise of a Star in the Helix Nebula
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured the clearest-ever infrared observation of the Helix Nebula, vividly displaying the…
Astronomers Caught a Record-Breaking Stellar Explosion on Camera and It Looks Nothing Like They Expected
An artistic impression of Nova V1674 Herculis. Credit: CHARA Array Astronomers pictured novae—the violent explosions that occur on…
NASA’s IXPE measures a white dwarf star for the first time
A cosmic first has been achieved. For the first time, scientists have used NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarization Explorer…
NASA just saw inside a white dwarf system for the first time, and the view surprised scientists |
Sometimes progress in space science does not arrive with a flash. It comes quietly, through patient observation, and…
This Star Is Being Eaten Alive—and Its Explosive Death Will Be Visible in Broad Daylight
A case of astronomical fratricide is doomed to end in a fiery supernova bright enough to be spotted…
White dwarf star is still feasting on dead Earth-like planet 3 billion years later
Astronomers recently peered deep into space and found that an old, faint white dwarf named LSPM J0207+3331, located…
White dwarf star is still feasting on dead Earth-like planet 3 billion years later
Astronomers recently peered deep into space and found that an old, faint white dwarf named LSPM J0207+3331, located…
A supernova may soon be visible in the sky
The universe continues to hold many surprises, as is the case with this interstellar visitor present in our…
Doomed ‘cannibal’ star could soon explode in a supernova so bright it would be visible during the day
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Could Alien Worlds Thrive Around Dead Stars?
White dwarf stars, like this one shown shrouded by a planetary nebula, are much smaller than stars like…
Hubble Finds Remnant of White Dwarf Merger 130 Light-Years Away
White dwarfs are the dense cores left behind when stars exhaust their fuel and collapse. They are Earth-sized…