Astronomers recently peered deep into space and found that an old, faint white dwarf named LSPM J0207+3331, located about 145 ...
Three billion years ago, a sun -like star reached the end of its life, throwing off its outer layers following its red giant ...
The newly discovered world is called GJ 251c and it is a super-Earth orbiting a red dwarf star less than 20 light-years away.
Scientists found 13 heavy chemical elements polluting the atmosphere of the star named LSPM J0207+3331, which is located ...
In a secluded corner of the Lynx constellation, just 18 light-years from our planet, astronomers have found a stunning ...
Astronomers have found GJ 251 c, a rocky planet. It is a super-Earth located only 18 light-years away. This planet is in its ...
Scientists found two Earth-sized planets and a third candidate orbiting a nearby double star system, TOI-2267.
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What's a white dwarf star

A strange white dwarf system is pulling a nearby planet apart, leaving scientists unsure how both objects are still orbiting together.
In approximately 5 billion years, the sun will deplete its hydrogen fuel and collapse under its own gravity, becoming a white ...
By combining the power of ground-based and space-based telescopes, astronomers have discovered a new brown dwarf—a type of object that lies between a star and a planet—orbiting a small star about 55 ...
What can white dwarf stars eating their own planets teach astronomers about planetary and solar system formation and ...
V Sagittae’s violent mass transfer hints at an imminent nova—and a future supernova visible from Earth. Binary star systems are fairly common in the universe, as are pairs where one star is a compact ...