Lobster-eye satellite Einstein Probe captured the X-ray flash from a very elusive celestial pair. The discovery opens a new ...

Type Ia supernovae have long served as essential tools in cosmology, acting as cosmic beacons that help astronomers measure ...

Learn about the explosions that often occur at the end of a white dwarf star's life, allowing scientists to study the ...

Astrophysicists have unearthed a surprising diversity in the ways in which white dwarf stars explode in deep space after ...

Ancient ‘white dwarf’ stars explode and die in more ways than was thought, and observing these violent cosmic deaths could ...

Recent observations of white dwarf explosions have revealed new insights into their diversity and relationship to dark energy ...

A stunning new discovery reveals that white dwarf stars — once thought to explode in predictable ways — actually detonate through an astonishing variety of mechanisms. From star cannibalism to violent ...

Czech Republic, and colleagues was titled, "An unusual white dwarf star may be a surviving remnant of a subluminous Type Ia supernova." ...

White dwarfs are born when stars with sun-like masses ... This means they can't go supernova.

Lobster-eye satellite Einstein Probe captured the X-ray flash from a very elusive celestial pair. The discovery opens a new way to explore how massive stars interact and evolve, confirming the unique ...

A unique dataset of Type Ia Supernovae being released today could change how cosmologists measure the expansion history of the Universe.