All supernovae are exploding stars. But the nature of a supernova explosion varies quite a bit. One type, named Type 1a supernovae, involves a binary star where one of the pair is a white dwarf. And ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An artistic rendering of the newly discovered binary star system in the moment where the first white dwarf has just exploded, ...

Cosmic dust—like dust on Earth—comprises groupings of molecules that have condensed and stuck together in a grain. But the exact nature of dust creation in the universe has long been a mystery. Now, ...

A newly discovered pair of white dwarfs will both explode in a type 1a supernova when they circle too close to one another in around 23 billion years. | Credit: University of Warwick/Mark Garlick A ...

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 ...

In this picture, we capture the binary in the moment where the first white dwarf has just exploded, hurtling material towards its nearby companion which is on the cusp of explosion too. This event ...

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