For many years it was believed that the surface of most, if not all, white dwarfs was made up primarily of hydrogen. But then ...

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

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 number ...

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 ...

This discovery offers a glimpse into the dramatic and explosive fates awaiting some of the universe's most fascinating ...

When their end comes, the stars will explode in a blast making them around 200,000 times brighter than Jupiter does now.

The findings suggest that there are many more targets of opportunity for locating potentially habitable worlds across our ...

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

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers have spotted two hefty white dwarf stars - highly compact stellar embers - orbiting close together that appear destined to die in an extraordinarily violent ...