The newly discovered white dwarf-main sequence binaries offer ... By studying these systems, researchers can now trace the full life cycles of binaries and potentially constrain the most ...

The life cycle for a particular star depends on ... In this instance, the star becomes a white dwarf which fades and changes colour as it cools.

A slowly cooling stellar ember called a white dwarf with a scar on its face is providing new insight into the behaviour of certain “cannibal” stars at the end of their life cycle. By Will ...

The observations made using the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton orbiting X-ray telescope appear to show a white dwarf nearing the point of no return - called the event horizon - as it orbits ...

This periodicity suggested the rotation of either a neutron star or a white dwarf. Now, a new analysis of the available data conducted by Sandro Mereghetti of the Institute of Space Astrophysics ...

The life cycle for a particular star depends on ... In this instance, the star becomes a white dwarf which fades and changes colour as it cools.