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Astronomers peering into the Large Magellanic Cloud have caught a white-dwarf crime scene in the act of giving up its secrets about how it exploded…twice. The remnants, catalogued as SNR 0509-67.5, ...

Science journalist Anne Saker describes the Chandrasekhar Limit as a range of possibility where if a planet has enough stability in its magnetic force and its gravitational force, it can sustain life.

Magnetized white dwarfs represent a compelling class of compact remnants whose intrinsic magnetic fields markedly influence their structural properties and evolution. These stars, which exhibit field ...

"The speed at which this doomed stellar system is lurching wildly, likely due to the extreme brightness, is a frantic sign of its imminent, violent end." Betelgeuse may have competition for the most ...