The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope has detected "a scar imprinted on the surface" of white dwarf star WD 0816-310. Credit: ESO ...

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Hubble has uncovered a rare ultra-massive white dwarf created in a violent star merger. Once thought to be ordinary, the star ...

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have observed a white dwarf - a highly compact stellar ember - that appears to ...

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Rochester may have missed out on the total solar eclipse in April 2024 due to clouds, but it has another chance to see a once ...

JWST data hints that Trappist-1e may have an atmosphere. More transits will test if this world could support liquid water.

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New research using Nasa’s powerful JWST telescope has identified a planet 41 light years away which may have an atmosphere.

Astronomers have taken a huge leap towards discovering habitable worlds, and the world now eagerly anticipates a rocky planet ...

Astronomers have observed a white dwarf, a highly compact stellar ember, that appears to have gobbled up an icy world akin to ...