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White dwarfs are 'heavy metal' zombie stars endlessly cannibalizing their dead planetary systems
Space via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoZombie white dwarf stars keep their heavy metal exteriors fresh by constantly cannibalizing any...
Fast-spinning white dwarf pulsar, the 2nd we've ever discovered, sheds light on how stars evolve
Space via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAstronomers have discovered a second example of a white dwarf pulsar, a rapidly spinning stellar...
Zombie white dwarf fed on neighbor star until exploding in a thermonuclear blast
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAstronomers have made the first detection of a supernova in radio waves, finding that an exploding...
Astronomers observe scar on white dwarf 'cannibal' star
Reuters via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA slowly cooling stellar ember called a white dwarf with a scar on its face is providing new insight...
White dwarf star near Earth is crystallising into a 'cosmic diamond'
Yahoo News UK· 12 months agoA white dwarf star is turning into a 'cosmic diamond'. (Getty Images) Stocktrek Images via Getty...
Astronomers find rare white dwarf star crystallising into hard ‘cosmic diamond’
The Independent UK via AOL· 12 months agoAstronomers have found a rare white dwarf star about 104 light-years away whose core appears to be...
Introducing Janus, the exotic 'two-faced' white dwarf star
Reuters via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe ancient Roman god Janus was two-faced, literally - with one looking forward and another...
Astronomers discover never-before-seen two-faced star
CNN via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAstronomers have discovered a white dwarf star, or the burnt core of a dead star, that has two...
Some 'dead' stars hide celestial fountains of youth beneath their surfaces
Space via Yahoo News· 3 months agoScientists have discovered that some "dead" white dwarf stars hide a metaphorical fountain of youth...
Good Lawd! Mass of lone 'dead star' measured for the first time
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoUsing the Hubble Space Telescope astronomers have measured the mass of a lone white dwarf star, LAWD...