"When I first spotted this system with a very high total mass on our galactic doorstep, I was immediately excited." ...

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

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.

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

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

NASA's Chandra telescope was used to uncover the explosive past of an ancient dead star through 'space archaeology.' ...