In 2020, astronomers detected WD 1856+534 b, a gas giant that orbits a star 81 light-years from Earth. This exoplanet, which ...

Astronomers have spotted two hefty white dwarf stars - highly compact stellar embers - orbiting close together that appear ...

This discovery offers a glimpse into the dramatic and explosive fates awaiting some of the universe's most fascinating objects ...

Scientists have discovered two rare white dwarfs—which are among the dimmest stars in the universe—that feature changes in ...

The findings suggest that there are many more targets of opportunity for locating potentially habitable worlds across our ...

The event will be ten times brighter than our Moon in the night sky, but never fear, it won't happen for another 23 billion years ...

An international team of astronomers has performed optical photometric, polarimetric and spectroscopic observations of a ...

In a new study, scientists discover that white dwarf stars have greater potential to host habitable planets than previously ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration of a nova explosion erupting after a white dwarf siphons too much material ...

White dwarfs are the dense remnant cores of dying stars that have run out of fuel; when they gather too much mass for its gravity, they can explode in what's called a “1a supernova ...