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Astronomers Confirm Four Hidden White Dwarfs Within 65 Light-Years

Hubble ultraviolet spectra separated white-dwarf light from red-dwarf flares, creating a roadmap to hunt more candidates with Gaia astrometry.

New Models Make Earth’s Escape From Solar Engulfment Plausible

Webb Finds Atmosphere on Giant Planet Orbiting a White Dwarf

JWST Detects Atmosphere and Reheating of Giant Planet Orbiting a White Dwarf

White Dwarf Without Disk Has Driven Thousand-Year Bow Shock, VLT Study Finds

Astronomers Spot Long-Lived Bow Shock Around Diskless White Dwarf, Defying Models

Early Interferometric Images Recast Novae as Multi-Stage, Directional Eruptions

Gemini South Unveils Sharper Butterfly Nebula Image for 25th Anniversary

Ancient White Dwarf Caught Accreting Debris From a Shattered Rocky World

3-Billion-Year-Old White Dwarf Is Actively Devouring Rocky Debris, Study Finds

Tidal Heating Model Shows Ultra-Tight White Dwarf Binaries Interact Sooner Than Expected

Hubble Spots White Dwarf Devouring Nitrogen‑Rich, Pluto‑Like Icy Debris

Hubble Spots White Dwarf Devouring Icy, Nitrogen-Rich Exo‑Pluto Fragment

Hubble UV Reveals Ultra-Massive White Dwarf as Stellar Merger Remnant

Astronomers Capture First Visual Proof of Double-Detonation in Type Ia Supernova Remnant

Retrograde Planet Confirmed in Tight Binary System with White Dwarf

Webb Telescope Reveals Unprecedented Details of NGC 1514 Nebula

Astronomers Confirm Most Massive Binary White Dwarf System Destined for Explosive Future

Astronomers Confirm Nearby Binary White Dwarf System Destined for Type Ia Supernova

Astronomers Discover Heaviest Binary Star System Destined for Rare Supernova