NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) has captured a stunning view of supernova remnant ...

In other cases, another member of the system will go on to form a second white dwarf. If gravitational instabilities bring ...

A dramatic cosmic event, a rare dwarf nova that suddenly brightened by a factor of 2,500, has been discovered with the help ...

Astronomers uncover the first direct evidence for how some white dwarf stars explode, confirming the long-debated ...

Pictures of a distant supernova remnant show two concentric rings, providing clear evidence that exploding white dwarf stars ...

Astronomers have finally caught a dying star in space going out with a bang — and then another bang. The new photographic ...

Astronomers have discovered the first evidence of a white dwarf wiped out by a double-detonation supernova, also providing ...

When Beetlejuice goes off, it's going to be the show of a lifetime. But it's not going to hurt us. Betelgeuse is the shoulder of Orion, a red giant sitting about 500 light years away. It's huge ...

While the star is likely to go supernova, it’s impossible to say when the explosion could occur. “We have never been able to tell precisely when a red supergiant is going to explode, as we can ...

A star that winked out of view could be a “failed supernova,” a stellar explosion that petered out instead of fully detonating, a new study reports. If real, the failed supernova would mark ...

Posted: August 15, 2024 | Last updated: November 7, 2024 A red supergiant star transitions into a type II supernova in this animation.