• Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 22nd, 2015
NASA Telescope Spots Zombie Star Tearing Nearby Planet Apart

NASA Telescope Spots Zombie Star Tearing Nearby Planet Apart

The planet will eventually be completely pulverized

  • Space
  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • October 11th, 2013
Astronomers Spot Water-Rich Asteroid Near Distant Star

Astronomers Spot Water-Rich Asteroid Near Distant Star

Supporting the theory that water on Earth originated on asteroids like these

Astronomers Find Remains of Rocky Planets Around Long Dead Stars

Astronomers Find Remains of Rocky Planets Around Long Dead Stars

The white dwarfs have a ring of asteroids and rocky debris around them

  • Space
  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • October 27th, 2012
White Widows, an M Dwarf with a White Dwarf, Could Explain Type Ia Supernovae

White Widows, an M Dwarf with a White Dwarf, Could Explain Type Ia Supernovae

There’s a new model which explains Type Ia supernova creation

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 22nd, 2009
Experts Find Cosmic Double-Lobed 'Peanut'

Experts Find Cosmic Double-Lobed 'Peanut'

It comes from an old binary star system

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • July 28th, 2008
VLTI Sees Nova Spreading Dust in the Universe

VLTI Sees Nova Spreading Dust in the Universe

ESO astronomers reveal some of the secrets behind nova events

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • July 19th, 2008
Bright Nova Missed by Astronomers Spotted by XMM-Newton

Bright Nova Missed by Astronomers Spotted by XMM-Newton

One of the brightest nova of the decade missed by researchers, found three months later

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • June 4th, 2008
Planetary Nebula, but no White Dwarf

Planetary Nebula, but no White Dwarf

Astronomers offer possible solution to missing white dwarf in planetary nebula

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • May 16th, 2008
Cosmic Zoom Enriched with Wacky Pulsar

Cosmic Zoom Enriched with Wacky Pulsar

Pulsar found orbiting around a regular star

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • May 15th, 2008
Milky Way's Youngest Supernova Discovered

Milky Way's Youngest Supernova Discovered

Link between supernovae and remnants found

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • May 5th, 2008
Blue Gene/P to Simulate Supernova Explosions

Blue Gene/P to Simulate Supernova Explosions

In order to better understand dark energy

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • May 5th, 2008
New Type of Stellar Objects Discovered

New Type of Stellar Objects Discovered

Pulsating carbon white dwarf star found in Ursa Major

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • April 29th, 2008
Ancient Supernovae Appear to Age Slower

Ancient Supernovae Appear to Age Slower

The effect is due to inflation, say astronomers

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • April 7th, 2008
Do Supermassive Stars Explode?

Do Supermassive Stars Explode?

Red supergiants may collapse without suffering a supernova explosion

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • March 26th, 2008
WET Collaboration Begins Observations

WET Collaboration Begins Observations

IU Vir white dwarf under study

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • March 20th, 2008
Astronomers View Replay of Ancient Supernova

Astronomers View Replay of Ancient Supernova

Scientists calculate energy released during SNR 0509-67.5

 
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