Astronomers studying the remnant SNR 0509-67.5 have finally caught a white dwarf in the act of a rare “double-detonation” supernova, where an initial helium blast on the star’s surface triggers a ...

An explosion captured in a new image could help astronomers to better understand the "standard candles" at the center of a ...

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

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