Astronomers have an "attention gap" when it comes to considering what kind of stars to examine in the search for habitable planets, a University of Texas at Arlington physicist says. "They've ...

Supernovae are powerful stellar explosions marking the death of stars. Type I supernovae lack hydrogen; Type II supernovae show hydrogen. Type Ia supernovae originate from exploding white dwarfs; Type ...

A new study written by German astronomers outlines a new type of star we've never seen before. The new hot subdwarf star was discovered by a team of researchers led by Professor Klaus Werner from the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers have finally found something they have spent decades searching for: a teardrop-shaped ...

Stars across the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram are known to emit X-rays, with only a few exceptions. In main-sequence solar-type and low-mass stars, the X-rays arise from a magnetically confined plasma ...

Photo Caption: An artist’s conception of EF Eri during a time when there is mass accretion from the donor star to the white dwarf. The region where the thin gas stream breaks up into many filaments is ...

'A merger-triggered supernova, I think, is just scratching the surface of what's possible.' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.