An international collaboration of physicists including researchers at Washington University in St. Louis has made ...

A nearby galaxy once thought to be dominated by dark matter seems to have a surprise supermassive black hole at its centre. Segue 1 is barely a galaxy, with only about 1000 stars compared to the Milky ...

In an ancient star system expected to be stable and dormant, scientists found a 3 billion-year-old white dwarf star still tearing apart massive quantities of rock. “The rate we’ve seen rock consumed ...

Astronomers recently peered deep into space and found that an old, faint white dwarf named LSPM J0207+3331, located about 145 light-years away, is still consuming the rocky remains of its former ...

Many of today’s Red Wings and future NHL stars will be in action on Sunday afternoon, as players from the Red Wings and Grand Rapids Griffins will combine for the Red & White Game at Van Andel Arena ...

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This is an illustration of a white dwarf star merging into a red giant star. A bow shock forms as the dwarf plunges through the star’s outer atmosphere. The passage strips down the white dwarf’s outer ...

While nearly all massive galaxies possess central black holes, the presence of such black holes in dwarf galaxies remains an open question, with previous estimates identifying them in only 0.5% of ...

If Jupiter drifted near a red dwarf, its gases would be stripped into space, forming a fiery ring. Eventually, the star would rip the planet apart entirely, leaving nothing behind. New Social Security ...