Astronomers have long predicted that two orbiting white dwarfs are the cause of most type 1a supernova explosions. While the pair are in close orbit, the heavier of the two theoretically accumulates ...

Astronomers have uncovered an extraordinary discovery in the cosmos: a binary star system consisting of two white dwarf stars, located just 150 light-years away from Earth. These stars are on a ...

These explosions happen when a white dwarf, which is already an ultra-dense star remnant, takes in too much mass.

University of Warwick astronomers have discovered an extremely rare, high-mass, compact binary star system only ~150 light ...

Dr Ingrid Pelisoli. Assistant Professor at the University of Warwick and co-author, stated to Space.com that the proximity of ...

A Type 1a supernova represents one of the most powerful and consistent explosions in our universe. These spectacular events ...

The event will be ten times brighter than our Moon in the night sky, but never fear, it won't happen for another 23 billion ...

Scientists have found the heaviest known pair of dead stars in our galaxy — a rare system they believe will one day explode in a type 1a supernova.

A newly discovered pair of white dwarfs will both explode in a type 1a supernova when they circle too close to one another in ...

By Alimat Aliyeva A group of European, British, and American astronomers has discovered 34 binary white dwarf systems i ...

When the two dense stellar remnants, known as white dwarfs, finally merge, they will trigger a Type 1a supernova, a powerful ...

After converging, the binary star system will explode into a Type 1a supernova. Scientists have long predicted that two ...