Nature article turns theory of stellar evolution upside-down
This week, Nature published an article that could challenge the theory of stellar evolution.
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News tagged with white dwarfs
Hitomi mission glimpses cosmic 'recipe' for the nearby universe
Before its brief mission ended unexpectedly in March 2016, Japan's Hitomi X-ray observatory captured exceptional information about the motions of hot gas in the Perseus galaxy cluster. Now, thanks to unprecedented detail ...
Astronomy
Nov 13, 2017
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Hubble spots expanding light echo around supernova
Light from a supernova explosion in the nearby starburst galaxy M82 is reverberating off a huge dust cloud in interstellar space.
Astronomy
Nov 9, 2017
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Astronomers observe unusual outburst activity of binary star AG Draconis
European astronomers have spotted an unusual outburst activity of a binary star system known as AG Draconis. New observations reveal that the recent changes of brightness of this star are slightly different than the changes ...
Astronomers identify new asynchronous short period polar
(Phys.org)—An international team of astronomers led by Gagik H. Tovmassian of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) has uncovered new details into the nature of a cataclysmic variable known as IGR J19552+0044. ...
Shocking discovery explains powerful novae
In a typical year, there are around 50 novae, nuclear explosions on the surface of white dwarf stars, in our galaxy. Some of these explosions are so bright and powerful, they exceed the scale of scientific explanation.
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Sep 5, 2017
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Evidence found of white dwarf remnant after supernova
An international team of space scientists has found evidence of what they believe is a remnant of a type Iax supernova—a white dwarf moving in a way that suggests it was blown across part of the universe by the power of ...
New confirmation of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity
Albert Einstein predicted that whenever light from a distant star passes by a closer object, gravity acts as a kind of magnifying lens, brightening and bending the distant starlight. Yet, in a 1936 article in the journal ...
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Jun 7, 2017
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Astronomers detect 22 new cataclysmic variables in globular cluster 47 Tucanae
(Phys.org)—An international team of astronomers led by Liliana Rivera Sandoval of the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, has found 22 new cataclysmic variable stars in a globular cluster known as 47 Tucanae (47 Tuc for ...
Scientists solve mystery of how most antimatter in the Milky Way forms
A team of international astrophysicists led by The Australian National University (ANU) has shown how most of the antimatter in the Milky Way forms.
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