Citizen scientists have spotted the moment a binary star system exploded after playing “spot the difference” with images from ...

The scientists who precisely measure the position of Earth are in a bit of trouble. Their measurements are essential for the ...

Black holes may form and grow quietly inside stars due to the accumulation of dark matter, potentially explaining the existence of near- and sub-solar-mass black holes. In white dwarfs, the ...

And, sometimes material falling into a black hole can "become rerouted" into two jets, ... "Maybe the jet somehow snowplows hydrogen fuel onto the white dwarfs, causing them to erupt more frequently." ...

A supermassive black hole with an exceptional 7-minute flash may have a “stellar companion.” Of three possible explanations, one is a white dwarf star caught in the black hole’s gravity.

Expect the unexpected In this artist’s rendering, a stream of matter trails a white dwarf orbiting within the innermost accretion disk surrounding 1ES 1927+654’s supermassive black hole. (Courtesy: ...

White dwarfs are among the most compact objects in the cosmos, though not as dense as a black hole. Stars with up to eight times the mass of our sun appear destined to end up as a white dwarf.

If the hypothetical object orbiting the black hole were a white dwarf, the undead star would be in some sort of tidal limbo, where it would be “starting to get ripped apart a little bit,” she ...

Jan 17, 2025 09:00:00 Mystery of strangely glowing black holes may be linked to 'white dwarfs' The supermassive black hole ' 1ES 1927+654,' located 270 million light years from Earth, has been ...

White dwarfs are among the most compact objects in the cosmos, though not as dense as a black hole. Stars with up to eight times the mass of our sun appear destined to end up as a white dwarf.