"The explosions of white dwarfs play a crucial role in astronomy," stated Priyam Das, a PhD student at the University of New South Wales Canberra and study leader. Das further described the findings ...

The scene imaged by the VLT is the work of what's called a Type Ia supernova, produced by a low-mass star that ... it ...

This is the first evidence for a white dwarf exploding not once, but twice. The discovery could shed new light on how some ...

The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...

(CN) — While all stars go out in a bang, some go out with two. For the first time, astronomers have recorded visual evidence ...

A space telescope has captured the first ever evidence of a star "double detonation" as it reached the end of its life ...

An explosion captured in a new image could help astronomers to better understand the "standard candles" at the center of a ...

MUSE allows astronomers to map the distribution of different chemical elements, displayed here in different colours. Calcium ...

"This tangible evidence of a double detonation not only contributes towards solving a long-standing mystery, but also offers ...

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

Astronomers have, for the first time, witnessed a star meeting a dramatic end by exploding twice. In a study published in ...

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