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…
These Snapshots of the Moment a Star Exploded Will Fill You With Cosmic Dread
A pair of incredible images taken at the very moment two different stars exploded are also an accurate…
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…
Scientists get a first look at the innermost region of a white dwarf system | MIT News
Some 200 light years from Earth, the core of a dead star is circling a larger star in…
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…
Hubble Reveals White Dwarf Devouring a Frozen, Pluto-Like World
Artist’s Impression of white dwarf WD 1647+375 accreting icy planetary fragments from a Pluto-like world, creating the chemical…
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…