SYFY WIRE Explore The LatestMoviesTVGamesComicsInterviewsBad Astronomy All Posts Tagged white dwarfs No planets seen for Sirius B, the nearest white dwarf to Earth It may have eaten them long ago. By Phil Plait | 1 month 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 | 2 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 | 3 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 | 4 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 | 4 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 | 5 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 | 6 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 | 7 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 | 7 months ago Zombie stars can switch themselves on and off like black holes Astronomers have spotted a white dwarf star that is “switching” on and off, brightening and dimming. By Elizabeth Rayne | 8 months ago Load More
No planets seen for Sirius B, the nearest white dwarf to Earth It may have eaten them long ago. By Phil Plait | 1 month 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 | 2 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 | 3 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 | 4 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 | 4 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 | 5 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 | 6 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 | 7 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 | 7 months ago
Zombie stars can switch themselves on and off like black holes Astronomers have spotted a white dwarf star that is “switching” on and off, brightening and dimming. By Elizabeth Rayne | 8 months ago
