Visible without a telescope, γ Cassiopeiae has stood out for decades because it behaves unlike an ordinary massive star. Its ...
Hubble spots white dwarf star 'snacking' on chunk of Pluto-like object. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a ...
Astronomers use AI to classify white dwarfs and uncover rare stars with shifting surfaces and unusual chemistry.
A naked-eye star’s 50-year mystery is solved—its bizarre X-rays come from a hidden, feeding white dwarf.
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Giant Star's Mysterious X-Rays Finally Explained After 50 Years
An artist's impression of Gamma Cassiopeia. (ESA/Y. Nazé) For 50 years, astronomers have been watching in bafflement as a ...
From the moment that astronomer Angelo Secchi identified γ Cassiopeia (gamma-Cas) as the first Be star in 1866, the object ...
An invisible companion consuming material from the naked-eye star gamma-Cas has been revealed as the culprit for curious ...
A star you can see with the naked eye has kept astronomers guessing for decades with its unusually powerful X-rays. Now, ...
Astronomers detect X-ray pulses from a dying star, revealing a spinning magnetic white dwarf that powers jets in a distant ...
Astronomers have discovered a record-breaking binary system, ZTF J1239+8347, which is a record-breaking case of two ‘failed ...
New UNLV-led research is helping to unravel clues to a cosmic mystery that has eluded scientists for decades. Cataclysmic ...
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