"The diversity of ways that white dwarf stars can blow up is much greater than previously expected." There are a lot of ways ...

Lobster-eye satellite Einstein Probe captured the X-ray flash from a very elusive celestial pair. The discovery opens a new ...

The Einstein Probe was launched in January 2024 to study the high-energy universe, and among its instruments is its ...

Could white dwarf stars host habitable exoplanets that might support life as we know it? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal | Space ...

White dwarf stars could host habitable planets. Fast planetary rotation reduces cloud cover, keeping surface temperatures stable.

Astronomers used a 3D global computer model to compare the climates of exoplanets in different stellar and orbital configurations. They found that a planet orbiting a white dwarf star would offer a ...

Disney has released a couple of new teasers for the upcoming live-action Snow White movie, and it gives us a first look at ...

On May 27, the Wide-field X-ray Telescope detected X-rays from a new source, labeled EP J0052. Follow-up observations were conducted using the probe's Follow-up X-ray Telescope, as well as NASA's ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has been used to determine the mass of white dwarf star LAWD 37. It is "56 percent the mass of our Sun," according to NASA/ESA. Credit: NASA, ESA, P. McGill (Univ. of ...

AT PENPOINTThe visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Pakistan was not just friendly and fraternal, but it ...

Type Ia supernovae have long served as essential tools in cosmology, acting as cosmic beacons that help astronomers measure ...

Lobster-eye satellite Einstein Probe captured the X-ray flash from a very elusive celestial pair. The discovery opens a new ...