An exoplanet discovered in 2020 contains the coldest temperatures ever measured on a planetary body, according to scientists.

In 2020, astronomers detected WD 1856+534 b, a gas giant that orbits a star 81 light-years from Earth. This exoplanet, which ...

Scientists have discovered two rare white dwarfs—which are among the dimmest stars in the universe—that feature changes in their surface composition caused by magnetic fields. This brings the ...

White dwarfs, conversely, are the cosmic corpses of smaller stars ... rapid but powerful blasts of energy with currently unexplained origins. "Magnetar birth rates and formation scenarios are among ...

Astronomers have spotted two hefty white dwarf stars - highly compact stellar embers - orbiting close together that appear ...

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 years ...

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 ...

Astronomers have discovered a pair of white dwarf stars located about 150 light-years from Earth that are on course to collide and produce a Type 1a supernova in approximately 23 billion years.