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 ...
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For the first time ever, astronomers measured the structure of a white dwarf using X-ray polarization
NASA has taken a surprising new look at a white dwarf star called EX Hydrae, revealing details that astronomers have never ...
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NASA's IXPE successfully studies a distant white dwarf star for the first time in history
NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarization Explorer (IXPE) just studied a white dwarf for the first time ever. The study, according to ...
NASA’s IXPE captures the first X-ray polarization data from a white dwarf system, detailing observations of EX Hydrae and ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Exploding white dwarfs observed by the Palomar 48 inch telescope at the Palomar Observatory in ...
White dwarf stars, like this one shown shrouded by a planetary nebula, are much smaller than stars like our Sun. NASA/R. Ciardullo (PSU)/H. Bond (STScI) The Sun will someday die. This will happen when ...
Scientists have used NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarisation Explorer) to study a white dwarf star for the first time. By ...
The future of yellow dwarf stars, like our sun, is determined almost entirely by their mass. The most massive stars, about eight to 12 times heftier than the sun, can explode as supernovae, leading to ...
In 1181 AD, a bright "guest star" was observed to linger in the sky for around six months. Nearly 850 years later, the likely ...
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"You shouldn't see any metals on the surface of a white dwarf unless the white dwarf is actively eating something." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is providing strong evidence that white dwarfs, the burned-out relics of stars, are given a “kick” when they form. The sharp vision of Hubble’s Advanced Camera for ...
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