"The explosions of white dwarfs play a crucial role in astronomy," stated Priyam Das, a PhD student at the University of New South Wales Canberra and study leader. Das further described the findings ...

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

According to a fairly new theory, white dwarfs can explode twice in a row in certain circumstances. For the first time, we ...

For the first time, astronomers have obtained visual evidence that a star met its end by detonating twice. By studying the ...

European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope took photos a rare supernova roughly 300 years after it happened ...

While it may surprise many, Delhi holds hidden gems for stargazers. From peaceful observatories to secret suburban skies, ...

Priscilla Diane Chapman Frisch, a University of Chicago Research Professor in Astronomy and Astrophysics and a world-leading ...

The 10-year survey is the primary mission of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located on a mountaintop at the edge of Chile’s ...

Scientists have discovered the farthest-ever 'mini-halo,' a sea of charged particles around a distant galaxy cluster that ...

Oregon is well-known as a destination for stargazers. The state has an array of designated Dark Sky places, where amateur ...

"Honestly, it's been a little devastating," Kevin Hardegree-Ullman, a scientist at the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute at ...

An international team of scientists led by Rice University's Pengcheng Dai has confirmed the existence of emergent photons ...