Astronomers have studied 3,600 supernovas to discover diversity in exploding white dwarf stars, a vital tool in the ...

"The idea that they can somehow obliterate these sources is dead wrong — scientists in general and astronomers in particular ...

A massive dataset of 3,628 Type Ia Supernovae from the Zwicky Transient Facility is being released, offering new insights ...

Well he should, because those few brief seconds — in July of 1956 — gave young David Levy a star to wish upon for the rest of ...

A unique dataset of Type Ia supernovae being released today could change how cosmologists measure the expansion history of ...

Astrophysicists have unearthed a surprising diversity in the ways in which white dwarf stars explode in deep space after ...

Exploding white dwarfs observed by the Palomar 48 inch telescope at the Palomar Observatory in California. | Credit: Mickael Rigault and the Palomar Observatory/Caltech. There are a lot of ways ...

A stunning new discovery reveals that white dwarf stars — once thought to explode in predictable ways — actually detonate through an astonishing variety of mechanisms. From star cannibalism to violent ...

For over 30 years, astronomers have relied on Type Ia supernovae to measure the universe’s expansion. These stellar ...