The future of yellow dwarf stars, like our sun, is determined almost entirely by their mass. The most massive stars, about eight to 12 times heftier than the sun, can explode as supernovae, leading to ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Exploding white dwarfs observed by the Palomar 48 inch telescope at the Palomar Observatory in ...

Neutron stars are so named because in the simplest of models they are made of neutrons. They form when the core of a large star collapses, and the weight of gravity causes atoms to collapse. Electrons ...

An extremely slow pulsar has made scientists “slow down” their assumptions about other pulsars. The pace could be caused by a flashing magnetic field rather than pulsar rotation alone. Pulsars and ...

White dwarf stars represent the evolutionary endpoints of medium- and low-mass stars, comprising the dense, electron-degenerate cores left after nuclear fuel exhaustion. In binary systems, ...

These speedy pulsars get their name from having spin periods in the milliseconds, whereas normal neutron stars spin in the seconds range. The amped-up speeds of millisecond pulsars are likely thanks ...

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Manisha Caleb acknowledges support of an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Research Award (project number DE220100819) funded by the Australian Government. Parts of this research were ...

"The diversity of ways that white dwarf stars can blow up is much greater than previously expected." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." An extremely slow pulsar has made scientists “slow down” their assumptions about other pulsars. The pace ...

There are a lot of ways for dead stars to blow their tops. Astronomers discovered this explosive diversity when they assessed ...