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

New observations show a star that blew up in two separate bursts, confirming a long-suspected cosmic phenomenon called a ...

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

The shattered star at the center was once a white dwarf, a stellar ember no larger than Earth, yet almost as heavy as the Sun ...

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

Astronomers studying the remnant SNR 0509-67.5 have finally caught a white dwarf in the act of a rare “double-detonation” ...

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

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

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

In other cases, another member of the system will go on to form a second white dwarf. If gravitational instabilities bring ...

Researchers have used machine learning to dramatically speed up the processing time when simulating galaxy evolution coupled with supernova explosion. This approach could help us understand the ...

A new kind of stellar explosion, far brighter and longer-lasting than supernovae, may help scientists explore the secrets of ...