Hubble spots white dwarf star 'snacking' on chunk of Pluto-like object. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a ...

Astronomers have traced the origin of a colossal white dwarf to a catastrophic crash between two dead stars, turning a quiet ...

For the first time, astronomers have discovered evidence for a giant planet orbiting a tiny, dead white dwarf star. And, surprisingly, the Neptune-sized planet is more than four times the diameter of ...

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In about 7 billion years our sun will become a white dwarf, the name for a star that depleted its nuclear fuel and only shines as a remnant of what it once was. No star is ever born as a white dwarf ...

Astronomers have discovered the smallest yet most massive white dwarf star ever seen. According to a new study published Thursday in the journal Nature, the "very special" star has a mass greater than ...

White dwarfs, the compact remnants of low- to intermediate-mass stars, offer a unique window into the fate of planetary systems. Recent observational and theoretical work has revealed that many white ...

Astronomers have discovered the smallest but most massive white dwarf ever found. The tiny star is only the size of our Moon, but packs in more mass than the Sun, meaning it’s approaching the ...

Over the course of its life, our Sun will go through several stages of stellar evolution, eventually ending its life as a white dwarf. Now, based on a new finding made by researchers from the ...

In general, it's very difficult to have a star transform into a white dwarf and wind up with a planet very close in orbit around it without that planet being destroyed by a tidal disruption event. A ...

March 2 (UPI) --An unusual white dwarf star was formed by a merger between two smaller white dwarfs, according to a new analysis by an international team of astronomers. The ultra-massive white dwarf, ...

Rumors of the star's death were greatly exaggerated. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers have spotted a white dwarf that ...