Astronomers have spotted two hefty white dwarf stars - highly compact stellar embers - orbiting close together that appear ...

The swirling, paint-like clouds in the darkness of space in this stunning image seem surreal, like a portal to another world ...

This discovery offers a glimpse into the dramatic and explosive fates awaiting some of the universe's most fascinating ...

Gravity then causes them to collapse and blow off their outer layers in a "red giant" stage, eventually leaving behind a compact core roughly the diameter of Earth - the white dwarf. "White dwarfs ...

Two orbiting stars comprise the Blaze Star. One of them is a red giant. The other is a dense, Earth-sized white dwarf.

Gravity then causes them to collapse and blow off their outer layers in a “red giant” stage, eventually leaving behind a compact core roughly the diameter of Earth – the white dwarf.

We all know that black holes can devour stars, rip them apart and consume their remnants. But that only happens if a star ...

We expect that [T Coronae Borealis] will erupt any night now, any month now,” Bradley Schaefer, a Louisiana State University ...

The Blaze Star, situated 3,000 light-years from Earth, is anticipated to explode soon, promising a unique spectacle in the ...