Scientists have discovered two rare white dwarfs—which are among the dimmest stars in the universe—that feature changes in their surface composition caused by magnetic fields. This brings the number ...

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

When they reach the end of their long evolutions, smaller stars—those up to eight times as massive as our own sun—typically become white dwarfs. These ancient stars are incredibly dense.

The Hubble Space Telescope has been used to determine the mass of white dwarf star LAWD 37. It is "56 percent the mass of our ...

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

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 ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has investigated an exoplanet that’s super cool — literally. The huge planet, which is six ...

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A newly discovered pair of white dwarfs will both explode in a type 1a supernova when they circle too close to one another in around 23 billion years. | Credit: University of Warwick/Mark Garlick ...

Star symbols are the now seven confirmed double-faced white dwarfs, including J0847+4824 and J0856+1611 presented in this work. Credit: The Astrophysical Journal (2025). DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/adbd3a ...

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The trailer for the dark fantasy horror film The Death of Snow White shows how it's not a Disney film with its bloodthirsty ...