An intermediate polar system within a white dwarf star implies that the materials from the companion star accumulate at the ...

Astronomers have observed a white dwarf - a highly compact Earth-sized stellar ember - that is creating a colorful shockwave ...

A smaller white dwarf star (left) pulls material from a larger star into a swirling accretion disk in this artist's concept ...

Chinese astronomers have conducted an asteroseismology study of a newly discovered pulsating white dwarf designated WFST ...

Using NASA’s IXPE, astronomers captured an unprecedented view of a white dwarf star actively feeding on material from a companion. The data revealed giant columns of ultra-hot gas shaped by the star’s ...

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White dwarf stars, like this one shown shrouded by a planetary nebula, are much smaller than stars like our Sun. NASA/R. Ciardullo (PSU)/H. Bond (STScI) The Sun will someday die. This will happen when ...

NASA’s IXPE has peered into a nearby white dwarf system, revealing towering X-ray emitting gas columns and hidden stellar ...

NASA’s IXPE captures the first X-ray polarization data from a white dwarf system, detailing observations of EX Hydrae and ...

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have observed a white dwarf - a highly compact stellar ember - that appears to have gobbled up an icy world akin to the dwarf planet ...

In 1181 AD, a bright "guest star" was observed to linger in the sky for around six months. Nearly 850 years later, the likely ...