How does a star affect the makeup of its planets? And what does this mean for the habitability of distant worlds? Carnegie's ...

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 has just revealed the hidden geometry of a white dwarf’s cosmic feeding frenzy—using X-rays to see what no ...

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 ...

A new survey maps nearby K-type stars and shows why these long-lived, stable stars are important targets in the search for ...

Though the characteristics of K-type stars make them favourable targets in the study of habitability, they haven't received ...

NASA’s IXPE captures the first X-ray polarization data from a white dwarf system, detailing observations of EX Hydrae and ...

Using the XMM-Newton X-ray telescope, astronomers have witnessed a supermassive black hole already noted for its mysterious behavior demonstrating another strange phenomenon. The Massachusetts ...

Astronomers recently peered deep into space and found that an old, faint white dwarf named LSPM J0207+3331, located about 145 light-years away, is still consuming the rocky remains of its former ...

Webb reveals a bridge of stars linking two nearby dwarf galaxies, offering a look at how gravity reshapes galaxies and sparks ...