Citizen scientists using the Kilonova Seekers platform spotted a stellar flash 2,500 times brighter than before, allowing ...

Astronomers have discovered the "missing link" connecting the death of sunlike stars to the birth of white dwarf stellar ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has been used to determine the mass of white dwarf star LAWD 37. It is "56 percent the mass of our Sun," according to NASA/ESA. Credit: NASA, ESA, P. McGill (Univ. of ...

Astronomers have found a remarkable pair of stars that may finally prove a long-debated theory. Described in the journal ...

The nova V462 Lupi was first discovered on June 12 by the Ohio State University-led All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae ...

As previously reported, a white dwarf is essentially the burnt-out core of a dead star. One of the first white dwarf stars discovered, dubbed 40 Eridani B, had a density over 25,000 times that of ...

Astronomers have discovered a white dwarf star, or the burnt core of a dead star, that has two completely different faces. One is made of hydrogen, while the other is made of helium.

A strange star deep in space has been left with a metallic scar across its surface after eating one of its own planets. The star—named WD 0816-310—is a white dwarf star situated around 63 ...

White dwarfs are born when stars with masses around that of the sun exhaust the hydrogen in their cores. In around 5 billion years, the sun will undergo this process, leaving a smoldering cosmic ...

Astronomers have discovered a pair of white dwarf stars locked in a tight orbital dance, hurtling towards a spectacular and violent end.. Located a mere 160 light-years from Earth within our Milky ...

Unusual white dwarf star is made of hydrogen on one side and helium on the other. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 07 / 230719112553.htm.

Sky watchers around the world have a new star to hunt for in the night sky, thanks to a recently detected explosion in our ...