This colorful image of the Helix nebula may mirror what someday could become of our sun and our home planet. Released on ...

For the past 35 years, an unusual radio signal from deep space has continued to reach Earth at regular intervals — every 22 ...

"When I first spotted this system with a very high total mass on our galactic doorstep, I was immediately excited." ...

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

When T CrB does explode, it will look like a very bright star in the night sky in the Corona Borealis constellation. People around the world will be able to track its brightness, providing better ...

These explosions happen when a white dwarf, which is already an ultra-dense star remnant, takes in too much mass.

Astronomers have discovered a pair of white dwarf stars locked in a tight orbital dance, hurtling towards a spectacular and violent end. Located a mere 160 light-years from Earth within our Milky ...

In the new study, published April 4 in the journal Nature Astronomy, researchers revealed that WDJ181058.67+311940.94, a white dwarf binary star system located just 150 light-years from Earth, is ...

The swirling, paint-like clouds in the darkness of space in this stunning image seem surreal, like a portal to another world ...

When a star comes to the end of its life and dies, it can be an epic and destructive event, throwing out an explosion of heat and light — but it can create stunning new forms as well. A gorgeous new ...

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

This article highlights recent scientific developments: astronomers observe two white dwarfs on the brink of a cataclysm; ...