Here’s how it works. The ultimate stage of stellar evolution for many stars is a black dwarf. Because they emit no heat or light, these objects would be a challenge to detect if they existed today.

The death of the universe won’t be dignified according to a US scientist who has theorised how everything we know will meet its end. That’s according to Illinois State University theoretical ...

Called black dwarf supernovae, these dazzling blasts will herald in the everlasting darkness as the universe sinks into dormancy, a new study suggests. These newly proposed supernovas are a ...

Dr Matt Caplan, an assistant professor of physics at Illinois State University has put forward an interesting new scenario for how it could all end: in a deluge of black dwarf supernovae.