Astronomers have long predicted that two orbiting white dwarfs are the cause of most type 1a supernova explosions. While the ...

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

Learn how gravity and mass are pulling two stars into tighter, faster orbit around each other, with an explosive collision ...

A dramatic cosmic event is winding up to occur right in our backyard. Astronomers have spotted a pair of stars bound for ...

Astronomers have uncovered an extraordinary discovery in the cosmos: a binary star system consisting of two white dwarf stars ...

A nearby cosmic ticking time bomb has been found! Just 150 light years away, a pair of white dwarf stars are on a death ...

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

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

A binary star system about 150 light years from Earth, right on our cosmic doorstep, is on track to collide as a type 1a ...

Astronomers have confirmed a pair of white dwarfs on a collision course to become a type 1a supernova—the brightest cosmic ...

The explosion will happen through a rare process called a quadruple detonation, where one blast triggers a chain of others, ...

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