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University of Warwick astronomers have discovered an extremely rare, high-mass, compact binary star system only ~150 light years away. These two stars are on a collision course to explode as a type 1a ...

A pair of rare, compact white dwarf stars that are set to collide in about 23 billion years have been spotted by researchers at the University of Warwick. After converging, the binary star system will ...

An international research team led by the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has made significant ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An artistic rendering of the newly discovered binary star system in the moment where the first white dwarf has just exploded, ...

"When I first spotted this system with a very high total mass on our galactic doorstep, I was immediately excited." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.