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White dwarfs are the final stop for stars that aren’t massive enough to go out in a supernova. Think of them as the retirement phase for the vast majority of stars in our universe. When a star ...

A rare white dwarf merger remnant emerges in ultraviolet light, revealing thin layers of hydrogen and helium stripped away during a cosmic collision. Scientists at the University of Warwick report the ...

Could an ocean – likely needed to sustain life – even survive on a planet orbiting close to a dead star? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Astronomers recently peered deep into space and found that an old, faint white dwarf named LSPM J0207+3331, located about 145 light-years away, is still consuming the rocky remains of its former ...

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

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope detected material from a Pluto-like body spiraling into a white dwarf star 260 light-years away from Earth. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Tim Pyle illustration For the ...

Aging stars can completely destroy their planets. When a star reaches the end of its life on the main sequence, it goes ...

Scientists have discovered two rare white dwarfs—which are among the dimmest stars in the universe—that feature changes in their surface composition caused by magnetic fields. This brings the number ...