Florida Tech's Caldon Whyte is two years into a lengthy universe exploration to earn his Ph.D. in space sciences. After ...

A decades-old cosmic mystery may finally be solved. Scientists now suspect that the strange X-ray glow from a distant white ...

For over 40 years, astronomers have been puzzled by strange X-ray signals from the Helix Nebula’s white dwarf. Now, they may ...

Northwestern University scientists have detected the first radio pulses that can be traced to a dead-star binary.

The findings reveal unusual chemical signatures and offer new insights into the behavior of novas beyond the Milky Way.

"We might have finally found the cause of a mystery that's lasted over 40 years," said researcher Sandino Estrada-Dorado.

A white dwarf, or dying star, caused the destruction of a Jupiter-sized planet that is only around 650 light years away from ...

A study using data from NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) missions has investigated the cause of a 'puzzling X-ray signal' from a white dwarf – the dense, hot core left behind after a star dies.

Space scientists say they have located a planet killer capable of ripping worlds to pieces. Researchers believe they've found ...

Astronomers have been recording the signal for more than four decades, but this is the first time they've nabbed its origin.

Using today's most powerful X-ray missions, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory ... a dimmer and smaller ember of a star known as a white dwarf. In previous decades, the Einstein X-ray Observatory ...