"When I first spotted this system with a very high total mass on our galactic doorstep, I was immediately excited." ...

University of Warwick astronomers have discovered an extremely rare, high-mass, compact binary star system only ~150 light ...

If it exploded today, this future supernova might be close enough to us to pose a threat, but the Sun will have burned out before it happens.

Learn how gravity and mass are pulling two stars into tighter, faster orbit around each other, with an explosive collision ...

Astronomers have long predicted that two orbiting white dwarfs are the cause of most type 1a supernova explosions. While the ...

These explosions happen when a white dwarf, which is already an ultra-dense star remnant, takes in too much mass.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers have spotted two hefty white dwarf stars - highly compact stellar embers - orbiting close ...

Ultimately, after watching all seven episodes of The Last of Us Season 2, I wasn’t feeling all that jazzed about Joel (Pedro ...

A nearby cosmic ticking time bomb has been found! Just 150 light years away, a pair of white dwarf stars are on a death ...

Kilonova explosions from neutron star collisions may damage atmospheres and threaten life if nearby, according to a new study ...