SYFY WIRE Explore The LatestMoviesTVGamesComicsInterviewsBad Astronomy All Posts Tagged white dwarfs Astronomers find the death cry of a star in a cluster long ago and not so very far away The oldest planetary nebula ever seen is in the star cluster M37. By Phil Plait | 1 week ago No planets seen for Sirius B, the nearest white dwarf to Earth It may have eaten them long ago. By Phil Plait | 4 months ago Introducing the micronova: It’s not a big bang, but not exactly a small one either Tiny stars erupt in small explosions that are still terrifying on a human scale. By Phil Plait | 5 months ago White dwarfs eat other white dwarfs and then wear their undigested bits Two newly discovered weird stars ate their companions. By Phil Plait | 6 months ago Astronomers watch as a dead star eats its planets and blasts out X-rays Sometimes the term "stellar zombie" is really pretty accurate. By Phil Plait | 7 months ago Planets might still be able to crawl out of dying stars It's not zombification, but it kind of is. By Elizabeth Rayne | 7 months ago Space spider caught spinning a web of gamma rays In a binary "spider" star system, a pulsar devours the gaseous outer layers of its trapped victim. By Elizabeth Rayne | 8 months ago Astronomers find progenitor systems of extremely rare stars predicted but never before seen Extremely low mass white dwarf factories found. By Phil Plait | 9 months ago Two zombie stars are eating their companions and creating cosmic chaos White dwarfs can eat planets and stars and blast out VAST amounts of energy. By Phil Plait | 10 months ago Half-eaten exoplanet entrails in zombie stars show how weird alien worlds are Planetary debris shows alien worlds are extremely diverse. By Phil Plait | 10 months ago Load More
Astronomers find the death cry of a star in a cluster long ago and not so very far away The oldest planetary nebula ever seen is in the star cluster M37. By Phil Plait | 1 week ago
No planets seen for Sirius B, the nearest white dwarf to Earth It may have eaten them long ago. By Phil Plait | 4 months ago
Introducing the micronova: It’s not a big bang, but not exactly a small one either Tiny stars erupt in small explosions that are still terrifying on a human scale. By Phil Plait | 5 months ago
White dwarfs eat other white dwarfs and then wear their undigested bits Two newly discovered weird stars ate their companions. By Phil Plait | 6 months ago
Astronomers watch as a dead star eats its planets and blasts out X-rays Sometimes the term "stellar zombie" is really pretty accurate. By Phil Plait | 7 months ago
Planets might still be able to crawl out of dying stars It's not zombification, but it kind of is. By Elizabeth Rayne | 7 months ago
Space spider caught spinning a web of gamma rays In a binary "spider" star system, a pulsar devours the gaseous outer layers of its trapped victim. By Elizabeth Rayne | 8 months ago
Astronomers find progenitor systems of extremely rare stars predicted but never before seen Extremely low mass white dwarf factories found. By Phil Plait | 9 months ago
Two zombie stars are eating their companions and creating cosmic chaos White dwarfs can eat planets and stars and blast out VAST amounts of energy. By Phil Plait | 10 months ago
Half-eaten exoplanet entrails in zombie stars show how weird alien worlds are Planetary debris shows alien worlds are extremely diverse. By Phil Plait | 10 months ago
