Astronomers have observed a white dwarf - a highly compact Earth-sized stellar ember - that is creating a colorful shockwave ...

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A smaller white dwarf star (left) pulls material from a larger star into a swirling accretion disk in this artist's concept ...

Astronomy often moves forward in small steps. Then, from time to time, something appears in the sky that simply does not fit ...

The presence of a powerful structure around a white dwarf called a nebula has astronomers scratching their heads.

Webb reveals a bridge of stars linking two nearby dwarf galaxies, offering a look at how gravity reshapes galaxies and sparks ...

Astronomers have completed the most comprehensive census of active galactic nuclei (AGN) to date, providing the clearest ...

NASA’s IXPE has peered into a nearby white dwarf system, revealing towering X-ray emitting gas columns and hidden stellar ...

Using NASA’s IXPE, astronomers captured an unprecedented view of a white dwarf star actively feeding on material from a companion. The data revealed giant columns of ultra-hot gas shaped by the star’s ...