Space science
Diamonds are equivalent to Earth in the universe
American astronomers have discovered a star the size of the Earth, made entirely of diamonds in the universe.
White Dwarf
Browse ScienceInfo articles and explainers related to White Dwarf.
Topic archive
Articles about White Dwarf
61 published items.
Space science
Detecting a companion system of three stars
Astronomers have discovered a unique three-star system that can answer long-standing questions about the nature of gravity.
Space science
Supernova implants a seed for the universe
Elements of the universe, including iron, play a vital role in life, formed from the first phase of the universe and spread throughout the world.
Space science
The 'dying' of the largest star in the universe
The largest known star in the universe is currently in a throes of death as it constantly throws out its interstellar space of energy and material resources, UPI said on…
Space science
Death star bends light
Space telescope Kepler and experts of the American Palomar Observatory found the super-solid white dwarf died in a binary star system.
Space science
Strange planet death story helps bring life
When a star dies, its outer layers are gradually evaporated, leaving a hot nucleus called White dwarf - a celestial body created when stars are low and medium.
Space science
The magical beauty of the 'eyes of God'
Helix, the name of a nebula about 650 light-years from Earth, is dubbed
Space science
See before the end of the earth
Using Hubble's telescope to study the atmospheric composition of four white dwarfs, astronomers from the University of Warwick (UK) discovered that most of the material…
Space science
Identify the two oldest dwarfs in the universe
Mukremin Kilic and his colleagues identified two of the oldest and closest known white dwarfs ever known from the University of Oklahoma assistant professor of physics a…
Space science
Supernova origin
With the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have lifted the long-standing mysterious veil of a star form, or its predecessor, to cause a supernova explosion in a galaxy…
Space science
Detecting a special twins NN Serpentis
The special twin is named NN Serpentis, nearly 1,700 light-years from Earth, created by red dwarfs and white dwarfs.
Space science
The pair of 'dancers' spin the fastest in the universe
Astronomers have found a pair of white dwarfs that take only 5.4 minutes to rotate around one another. This is the fastest pair of twirling stars that scientists have ev…
Space science
A white dwarf will explode in the next few million years
The European Space Agency's (ESA) XMM-Newton telescope has obtained the first close-up image of a white dwarf moving around its twin star ...
Space science
Modifications of supernova type 1a
Star explosions known as type 1a supernovae have long been used as a standard candle, their constant brightness is a way for astronomers to measure cosmic distances. and…
Space science
White dwarf missing in planetary nebula
Let's see this as a case of the missing dwarf. A group of astronomers must perform interstellar field investigations. They had two suspects, signs of attack and assault,…