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.
When white dwarfs go wild, their planets suffer through the resulting chaos. The evidence shows up later in and around…
On July 7, 2020, the X-ray instrument eROSITA captured an astronomical event that – until then – had only been…
Searching for Dyson spheres, rings, or swarms remains a preoccupation of many astronomers. If there are any out there, they…
The most energetic explosions in the Universe come from stars called supernovae. These galactic bombs have the energy of about…
Most stars will end their lives as white dwarfs. White dwarfs are the remnant cores of once-luminous stars like our…
Some planets end by colliding with the remnant of their once shining star.