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First Future Type 1a Supernova Detected: White Dwarf Pair to Collide in 23 Billion Years
Astronomers have discovered a pair of white dwarf stars located about 150 light-years from Earth that are on course to collide and produce a Type 1a supernova in approximately 23 billion years. This is the first such system identified near our region of the galaxy. With a combined mass of 1.56 solar masses, the stars are slowly spiralling toward ea...
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Scientists Spot Star Transforming Into "Cosmic Diamond"
The cosmic bling is taking place just 104 light-years away where a white dwarf is crystallising.
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Scientists Believe 'Alien' Rock Hypatia May Reveal Details on Events That Lead to Supernova Explosions
Researchers are hopeful that an extraterrestrial stone found in the Egyptian desert could help shed some light on these spectacular events. The stone is named Hypatia. The experts have a hypothesis that the Hypatia stone originated with a star – a red giant star collapsed into a white dwarf star, which eventually “ate” the other star.
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NASA Scientist Discovers Oldest White Dwarf Star With Puzzling Rings
A citizen scientist working for NASA has found the oldest and coldest known white dwarf - an Earth-sized remnant of a Sun-like star that has died - ringed by dust and debris.
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Star Fight Between White Dwarf And Red Dwarf In Space
Astronomers have discovered a new type of exotic binary star system, in which a rapidly spinning white dwarf star is lashing the companion red dwarf star with high-energy particles, causing the entire system to pulse dramatically every 1.97 minutes with radiation ranging from the ultraviolet to radio.
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NASA Probe Discovers Dead Star Vaporising a Mini 'Planet'
Scientists using NASA's Kepler space telescope -- known as the K2 mission -- have spotted strong evidence of a tiny, rocky object being torn apart as it spirals around a white dwarf star.
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Earth-Size Diamond Found in Space
A team of astronomers has identified possibly the coldest, faintest white dwarf star ever detected. This ancient stellar remnant is so cold that its carbon has crystallised, forming, in effect, an earth-sized diamond in space.
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First Future Type 1a Supernova Detected: White Dwarf Pair to Collide in 23 Billion Years
Astronomers have discovered a pair of white dwarf stars located about 150 light-years from Earth that are on course to collide and produce a Type 1a supernova in approximately 23 billion years. This is the first such system identified near our region of the galaxy. With a combined mass of 1.56 solar masses, the stars are slowly spiralling toward ea...
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Scientists Spot Star Transforming Into "Cosmic Diamond"
The cosmic bling is taking place just 104 light-years away where a white dwarf is crystallising.
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Scientists Believe 'Alien' Rock Hypatia May Reveal Details on Events That Lead to Supernova Explosions
Researchers are hopeful that an extraterrestrial stone found in the Egyptian desert could help shed some light on these spectacular events. The stone is named Hypatia. The experts have a hypothesis that the Hypatia stone originated with a star – a red giant star collapsed into a white dwarf star, which eventually “ate” the other star.
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NASA Scientist Discovers Oldest White Dwarf Star With Puzzling Rings
A citizen scientist working for NASA has found the oldest and coldest known white dwarf - an Earth-sized remnant of a Sun-like star that has died - ringed by dust and debris.
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Star Fight Between White Dwarf And Red Dwarf In Space
Astronomers have discovered a new type of exotic binary star system, in which a rapidly spinning white dwarf star is lashing the companion red dwarf star with high-energy particles, causing the entire system to pulse dramatically every 1.97 minutes with radiation ranging from the ultraviolet to radio.
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NASA Probe Discovers Dead Star Vaporising a Mini 'Planet'
Scientists using NASA's Kepler space telescope -- known as the K2 mission -- have spotted strong evidence of a tiny, rocky object being torn apart as it spirals around a white dwarf star.
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Earth-Size Diamond Found in Space
A team of astronomers has identified possibly the coldest, faintest white dwarf star ever detected. This ancient stellar remnant is so cold that its carbon has crystallised, forming, in effect, an earth-sized diamond in space.
