Astronomers have studied 3,600 supernovas to discover diversity in exploding white dwarf stars, a vital tool in the ...

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

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 ...

The Einstein Probe was launched in January 2024 to study the high-energy universe, and among its instruments is its ...

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 ...

A study of supernova remnant SNR 0519-69.0 using the Chandra X-ray telescope, Hubble and more has narrowed down its age to several hundred of years. The remnant is located in the "Large Magellanic ...

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

The flash was spotted by the Einstein Probe’s Wide-field X-ray Telescope (WXT), which uses a novel type of design known as a ...

It turns out that one of the most prominent space artists predicted how a strange celestial object would look — 50 years in ...

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 ...