Normally when a medium-size star dies, it blasts away the bulk of material in its system. The Hubble discovery was surprising ...

Hubble discovered a white dwarf planet devouring a Pluto-like object, revealing debris rich in water and nitrogen.

When the two stars eventually smash into each other, the supernova explosion would be visible from Earth, even during daytime ...

"The speed at which this doomed stellar system is lurching wildly, likely due to the extreme brightness, is a frantic sign of ...

NASA says its Hubble Space Telescope has detected a white dwarf star that consumed fragments of a Pluto-like object. Space ...

A greedy white dwarf star not far from Earth is devouring its closest celestial companion at a rate never seen before, space ...

Astronomers have detected the chemical fingerprint of a frozen, water-rich planetary fragment being devoured by a white dwarf ...

"It's a discovery that underlines things may be different from what they appear to us at first glance." Astronomers using the ...

By studying the chemical composition of an odd, dying star, astronomers discovered that it had been feasting on what used to ...

Astronomers spot a white dwarf consuming a Pluto-like icy world, uncovering volatile elements that reshape our understanding ...

Scientists shocked by ‘greedy’ white dwarf star devouring its twin - V Sagittae has baffled experts since it was first ...

A brown dwarf is sometimes called a “failed star,” but it could destroy everything we know. We break down step by step how it ...