A pair of white dwarfs, located just 150 light-years from Earth, appears doomed to die in a type 1a supernova that will shine ...

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 ...

At the bottom of the ocean, evidence of what researchers are calling a “supernova graveyard” has been discovered. But what ...

In 23 billion years, these two white dwarf stars will collide. Then, they'll explore. Here's why scientists say this ...

A nearby cosmic ticking time bomb has been found! Just 150 light years away, a pair of white dwarf stars are on a death ...

A dramatic cosmic event is winding up to occur right in our backyard. Astronomers have spotted a pair of stars bound for ...

The SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY is a part of the Smithsonian Institution which, in conjunction with the Harvard ...

Astronomers have long predicted that two orbiting white dwarfs are the cause of most type 1a supernova explosions. While the ...

Discover the intriguing space explosion predicted in a rare double white dwarf system just 160 light-years away from Earth.

These explosions happen when a white dwarf, which is already an ultra-dense star remnant, takes in too much mass.

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

Astronomers have discovered an extremely rare, high mass, compact binary star system only ~150 light years away. These two stars are on a collision course to explode as a type 1a supernova, appearing ...