A massive white dwarf star with a bizarre carbon-rich atmosphere could be two white dwarfs merged together according to an international team led by University of Warwick astronomers, and only narrowly avoided destruction.
Astronomy
Mar 2, 2020
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A team of astronomers, with the help of the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT), have observed a new type of stellar explosion—a micronova. These outbursts happen on the surface of certain stars, ...
Astronomy
Apr 20, 2022
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Astronomers are planning to hunt for cores of exoplanets around white dwarf stars by 'tuning in' to the radio waves that they emit.
Astronomy
Aug 6, 2019
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Evidence of planetary debris surrounding a double sun, 'Tatooine-like' system has been found for the first time by a UCL-led team of researchers.
Astronomy
Feb 27, 2017
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A San Diego State University astrophysicist has helped discover evidence of a gigantic remnant surrounding an exploding star—a shell of material so huge, it must have been erupting on a regular basis for millions of years.
Astronomy
Feb 17, 2019
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A new mathematical model created by astrophysicists at the American Museum of Natural History details a way that dead stars called white dwarfs could detonate, producing a type of explosion that is instrumental to measuring ...
Astronomy
Oct 4, 2016
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Everything eventually dies, even galaxies. So how does that happen?
Astronomy
Jun 5, 2015
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A grain of dust forged in the death throes of a long-gone star was discovered by a team of researchers led by the University of Arizona.
Astronomy
Apr 29, 2019
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A dynamo mechanism could explain the incredibly strong magnetic fields in white dwarf stars according to an international team of scientists, including a University of Warwick astronomer.
Astronomy
Apr 30, 2021
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NASA's Kepler spacecraft was designed to find exoplanets by looking for stars that dim as a planet crosses the star's face. Fortuitously, the same design makes it ideal for spotting other astronomical transients—objects ...
Astronomy
Jan 24, 2020
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