Astronomers have discovered the first evidence of a white dwarf wiped out by a double-detonation supernova, also providing ...

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

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

Astronomers have finally caught a dying star in space going out with a bang — and then another bang. The new photographic ...

Scientists have obtained photographic evidence of a double-detonation Type Ia supernova for the first time. This rare cosmic ...

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

MUSE allows astronomers to map the distribution of different chemical elements, displayed here in different colours. Calcium ...

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

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

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

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

Astronomers have found a remarkable pair of stars that may finally prove a long-debated theory. Described in the journal Nature Astronomy, this duo offers the strongest evidence yet that type 1a ...