Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered a "ultra-massive white dwarf that formed when a white dwarf ...

A rare white dwarf merger remnant emerges in ultraviolet light, revealing thin layers of hydrogen and helium stripped away during a cosmic collision. Scientists at the University of Warwick report the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope detected material from a Pluto-like body spiraling into a white dwarf star 260 light-years away from ...

Hubble spots white dwarf star 'snacking' on chunk of Pluto-like object. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a white dwarf star devouring a piece of a Pluto-like object. The star is about ...

Astronomers found that a 3-billion-year-old white dwarf, LSPM J0207+3331, is still feasting on the metal-rich remains of a shattered world. (CREDIT: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Scott Wiessinger ...

A mysterious bow shock around the white dwarf RXJ0528+2838 is challenging astronomers’ understanding of how dead stars ...

In an ancient star system expected to be stable and dormant, scientists found a 3 billion-year-old white dwarf star still tearing apart massive quantities of rock. “The rate we’ve seen rock consumed ...

University of Warwick astronomers have uncovered compelling evidence that a nearby white dwarf is in fact the remnant of two stars merging—a rare stellar discovery revealed through Hubble Space ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope detected material from a Pluto-like body spiraling into a white dwarf star 260 light-years away from Earth. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Tim Pyle illustration For the ...