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"When I first spotted this system with a very high total mass on our galactic doorstep, I was immediately excited." ...
A red giant star and white dwarf orbit each other in this animation of a nova similar to T Coronae Borealis. NASA/Goddard ...
Next, locate Vega, a brilliant blue-white star in the Lyra constellation, above north-east. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! Corona Borealis ...
NASA says this white dwarf was 'particularly destructive' and may have engulfed a nearby planet. A statement from the space agency reads: "This image of the Helix Nebula, released ...
This image of the Helix Nebula, released on March 4, 2025, shows a potentially destructive white dwarf at the nebula's center ...
More than 60 years after the first debunked discovery of a planet orbiting Barnard’s Star, the closest single-star system to ...
White dwarfs are stars that have burned up all of the hydrogen they once used as nuclear fuel. Fusion in a star's core produces heat and outward pressure, but this pressure is kept in balance by ...
John Boyega laments Star Wars for ‘being in the most whitest, elite space’ - The actor experienced a wave of racist abuse ...