Right now, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is under construction on Cerro Pachón in Chile. Later this year, the construction should be complete and science operations should begin. The observatory will ...

Exploding white dwarfs observed by the Palomar 48 inch telescope at the Palomar Observatory in California. | Credit: Mickael Rigault and the Palomar Observatory/Caltech. There are a lot of ways for ...

Astrophysicists have unearthed a surprising diversity in the ways in which white dwarf stars explode in deep space after assessing almost 4,000 such events captured in detail by a next-gen ...

Someday, a pair of white dwarfs will meet their fate, exploding in a rare quadruple supernova that will shine 10 times brighter than the moon. However, this event is not set to take place for another ...

Astronomers find an explanation for the fastest stars in the galaxy while uncovering a new mechanism for a supernova explosion. Credit: Technion illustration Astronomers call a special kind of ...

Stars often die with a final burst of beauty. For the first time, astronomers have captured visual proof that a star can explode not once, but twice before fading forever. Using the European Southern ...

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There are a lot of ways for dead stars to blow their tops. Astronomers discovered this explosive diversity when they assessed ...