Tag Archives: White dwarf
Two dead, dancing stars challenge astronomers’ expectations
Stars still have plenty of surprises despite (or perhaps, because of) advances in astronomy. Researchers using Caltech's Zwicky Transient Facility have discovered a binary white dwarf system 8,000 light-years away, ZTF J1539+5027, where the two dead...
Rare Five Star System Discovered
Astronomers seem to have found a system of five linked stars in the depths of outer space. The stars consist of binary pairs and one of them has a single extra satellite. This is a unique find in the...
Nearest Dying White Dwarfs Likely Still Harbor Planets
More than two dozen nearby stellar White Dwarfs — the burnt- out remnant cores of solar type stars in their final death throes — show evidence of relic planetary systems. A few may even harbor full-...