Two white dwarfs are trapped in a decaying orbit that will eventually turn them into a Type Ia supernova. It’s a common ...

Just 150 light-years from Earth, a team of astronomers has identified an exceptional binary system. These two stars, ...

Discover the intriguing space explosion predicted in a rare double white dwarf system just 160 light-years away from Earth.

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The Andromeda galaxy is surrounded by a constellation of ... of a double white dwarf that will explode as a type Ia supernova on our Galactic doorstep. Given that the source is so close, this ...

The Webb Space Telescope has captured a plume of gas and dust streaming from a star in the making, with a spiral galaxy as a stunning backdrop.

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"I was astonished by the unexpected results because they opened a new view on the first phases of galaxy evolution." Astronomers have found oxygen in the farthest, and thus the earliest ...

JADES-GS-z14-0 is the most distant known galaxy, dating to less than 300 million years after the Big Bang. Scientists were surprised to find oxygen there. ALMA (ESO / NAOJ / NRAO) / S. Carniani et al.

(CNN) – Astronomers have made a surprising discovery about oxygen and elements in the most distant known galaxy. The galaxy is called Jades GSZ 14 0. It’s more than 13 billion lightyears away ...