The X-ray signal from WD 2226-210 is similar to the X-ray emissions of two other white dwarfs that do not sit within cocoons ...
Since the 1980s, a strange X-ray emission has puzzled astronomers. At the heart of the Helix Nebula, a dying star may have ...
A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...
"We might have finally found the cause of a mystery that's lasted over 40 years," said researcher Sandino Estrada-Dorado.
As it nears 35 consecutive years of space service, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken another look at a famous ...
Astronomers have been recording the signal for more than four decades, but this is the first time they've nabbed its origin.
After tracking a puzzling X-ray signal from a dying star for decades, astronomers may have finally explained its source: The ...
A white dwarf, or dying star, caused the destruction of a Jupiter-sized planet that is only around 650 light years away from ...
About 650 light-years from here, in the constellation Aquarius, lies the planetary nebula Caldwell 63, commonly known as the ...
Space scientists say they have located a planet killer capable of ripping worlds to pieces. Researchers believe they've found ...