• Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 6th, 2011
White Dwarfs Can Accrete Planetesimals

White Dwarfs Can Accrete Planetesimals

  • Space
  • By Smaranda Biliuti
  • November 17th, 2010
Astronomers Spot Explosive Merging White Dwarfs

Astronomers Spot Explosive Merging White Dwarfs

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 2nd, 2010
What Will Happen After the Sun Dies

What Will Happen After the Sun Dies

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 19th, 2010
WET to Survey Three Dying Stars

WET to Survey Three Dying Stars

To see what's going on inside them

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 13th, 2010
White Dwarf Age Mystery Solved

White Dwarf Age Mystery Solved

Researchers gain new insight into how stars die

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 13th, 2010
Thousands of Civilizations Could Exist in Our Galaxy

Thousands of Civilizations Could Exist in Our Galaxy

According to new studies of white dwarfs

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 16th, 2010
New Supernova Data Could Change the World

New Supernova Data Could Change the World

They could modify how astronomers understand cosmic expansion

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 9th, 2010
Violent Binary Star System Analyzed

Violent Binary Star System Analyzed

An international team of experts conducted the study

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 14th, 2010
Establishing Why Red Stars Have Carbon-Rich Atmospheres

Establishing Why Red Stars Have Carbon-Rich Atmospheres

The celestial objects are very peculiar in this regard

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 8th, 2010
White Dwarf Mergers Trigger Supernova Blasts

White Dwarf Mergers Trigger Supernova Blasts

These events occur more frequently than expected

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 5th, 2010
Nearby Supernova Could Destroy Earth

Nearby Supernova Could Destroy Earth

The white dwarf could blow up soon

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 8th, 2009
Why Sun-Like Stars Vary in Brightness

Why Sun-Like Stars Vary in Brightness

The fluctuations have astronomers in the dark

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 17th, 2009
Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae Possibly Discovered

Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae Possibly Discovered

These stars are essential to dark energy studies

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 13th, 2009
Newly Found White Dwarfs Clear Astronomical Mystery

Newly Found White Dwarfs Clear Astronomical Mystery

They represent the end stage of a certain class of stars

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 6th, 2009
Astronomers Find New Type of Supernova

Astronomers Find New Type of Supernova

It involves helium and a white dwarf

 
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