Extreme 8.5-minute orbit reveals white dwarf being torn apart by its binary companion

A team of U.S. astronomers has observed a binary pair of white dwarfs where one star is actively devouring material from the ...
AOL

Scientists shocked by ‘greedy’ white dwarf star devouring its twin

Scientists have discovered a “greedy” white dwarf star that is “going thermonuclear” as it devours its twin at an unprecedented rate. An international team of astronomers found that the double star, V ...
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White Dwarf Consumes Remnants of Its Long-Dead Planetary System

What can white dwarf stars eating their own planets teach astronomers about planetary and solar system formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal hopes ...
Science Daily

This rare white dwarf looks normal, until Hubble shows its explosive secret

An international team of astronomers has discovered a cosmic rarity: an ultra-massive white dwarf star resulting from a white dwarf merging with another star, rather than through the evolution of a ...
Phys.org

A 'teenage' white dwarf pulsar may be the missing link among magnetic stars

The future of yellow dwarf stars, like our sun, is determined almost entirely by their mass. The most massive stars, about eight to 12 times heftier than the sun, can explode as supernovae, leading to ...

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