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 ...

Discover the intriguing space explosion predicted in a rare double white dwarf system just 160 light-years away from Earth.

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

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

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

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

The whole decision to have two sets of dwarfs means both lack focus and feel underworked, which is only tainted by the ...

The two stars, a red dwarf and a white dwarf, orbit a common center of gravity every 125 minutes. They are located about 1,600 light-years from Earth in the direction of the Big Dipper.

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