The standard theory says that white dwarfs are the dead cores of main sequence stars. They're out of fuel and…
When a star like the Sun reaches the end of its life, it becomes a red giant and blows away…
In several billion years, our Sun will become a white dwarf. What will happen to Jupiter and Saturn when the…
Astronomers have found plenty of white dwarf stars surrounded by debris disks. Those disks are the remains of planets destroyed…
White dwarfs are the ultimate fate of stars like our Sun, and one of the most exciting examples is located…
All supernovae are exploding stars. But the nature of a supernova explosion varies quite a bit. One type, named Type…
Here's a new one. Astronomers have found a white dwarf star - the dead remnant from a main sequence star…
White dwarfs are the stellar remnants of stars like our Sun. They're strange objects, and astrophysicists think their cores can…
What will happen to our Sun? In several billion years, it'll cease fusion, shrivel into a white dwarf, and emanate…
Astronomers find the remnants of ancient planetary systems, and a glimpse of our fate.