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Jan 9 2020
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Scientists have predicted that a pair of stars in our galaxy will collide, producing an explosion that will…
Apr 19 2015
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This stunning Chandra image of ngc6388 suggests that “a white dwarf star may have ripped apart a planet as it came…
Aug 27 2014
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What makes a dead star explode? Scientists have long suspected a mechanism for making a white dwarf go supernova,…
Jan 22 2014
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A white dwarf exploded last night up in the Cigar Galaxy (also known as M82 to its friends), creating the closest…
Mar 1 2013
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In death, it has been said, there is often life. And while it may sound counterintuitive, this old saw may hold…
May 8 2012
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Stars are born, stars age, and stars die. But they don't all die quietly. Astronomers have recently discovered…
Jan 22 2012
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This absolutely gorgeous image from the European Southern Observatory reveals a planetary nebula, the short-lived…
Jan 17 2012
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What is this strange astronomical formation? A more fanciful interpretation is that it's a vast cosmic eye, but then…
Oct 25 2011
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In 185 CE, Chinese astronomers reported the presence of an incredibly bright "guest star" that appeared suddenly in…
Oct 19 2011
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Imagine a hot summer day in the middle of the desert. That temperature might be dangerously hot here on Earth, but…
Sep 6 2011
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The whole point of white dwarfs is that they're the remains of stars not big enough to go supernova. Or so we…
Sep 3 2011
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After all the boozing and barbecuing on America day off from labor, take a sec to look up. What you'll hopefully…
Aug 17 2011
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This tiny white dwarf and the shell of gas that surrounds it was once a star very much like our Sun, and the gas is…
Aug 14 2011
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NLTT 43806 is a white dwarf, the dying remnants of a star like our own. But there's a problem. Its composition…
May 24 2011
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Over a thousand light-years from Earth, there are two white dwarfs, the ghostly remnants of stars much like our Sun.…
May 15 2011
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White dwarfs are the ultra-dense husks of stars like our own, dying remnants that are just a pale shadow of their…
Mar 23 2011
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In the search for Earth-like worlds, astronomers look for conditions that are roughly the same as those on our…
Sep 7 2010
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It's the final hours for the Hourglass Nebula, as the central star runs out of nuclear fuel and becomes a white…