About 8,150 light-years from Earth, a white dwarf star named Gaia22ayj has intrigued astronomers. Its unusual behavior, ...

Astronomers have discovered a "teenage vampire" dead star in the process of devouring a companion star during a short-lived, "missing link" phase of its evolution.

The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...

There’s a chance we could see a white dwarf star explosion this year. T Coronae Borealis, a binary star system and recurrent nova located roughly 3,000 light-years from Earth, is expected to erupt ...

Astronomers have observed a star exploding twice, marking the first visual evidence of a double-detonation in supernova SNR 0509-67.5.

But a rarer kind of supernova involves a different type of star - a stellar ember called a white dwarf - and a double detonation.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope began its legendary mission unfolding the secrets of our universe and producing some of the most detailed images of celestial objects to date.

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