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Astronomers have captured the first-ever visual evidence of awhite dwarf star exploding twice in a remarkable supernova event ...

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New observations show a star that blew up in two separate bursts, confirming a long-suspected cosmic phenomenon called a ...

The shattered star at the center was once a white dwarf, a stellar ember no larger than Earth, yet almost as heavy as the Sun ...

Astronomers working with the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) have detected patterns showing ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, witnessed a star meeting a dramatic end by exploding twice. In a study published in ...

Astronomers studying the remnant SNR 0509-67.5 have finally caught a white dwarf in the act of a rare “double-detonation” ...

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

Previously described as playing astronomical "spot the difference," Kilonova Seekers asks the public to compare the latest ...

The month that brings the anniversary of the lunar landing also features great meteor showers and Manhattanhenge's second act ...