Astronomers have finally caught a dying star in space going out with a bang — and then another bang. The new photographic evidence, captured using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large ...

(CN) — While all stars go out in a bang, some go out with two. For the first time, astronomers have recorded visual evidence ...

This is the first evidence for a white dwarf exploding not once, but twice. The discovery could shed new light on how some ...

The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...

In other cases, another member of the system will go on to form a second white dwarf. If gravitational instabilities bring ...

Pictures of a distant supernova remnant show two concentric rings, providing clear evidence that exploding white dwarf stars ...

Astronomers uncover the first direct evidence for how some white dwarf stars explode, confirming the long-debated ...

"This tangible evidence of a double detonation not only contributes towards solving a long-standing mystery, but also offers ...

This image, taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), shows the supernova remnant SNR 0509-67.5. These are the expanding ...

Beginning in the 1960s, satellite instruments have measured Earth's reflected broadband shortwave radiation and emitted ...

Namibia is a southwestern African nation roughly twice the size of California, known for having the world’s oldest desert.