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White dwarfs are ancient stars that have burned up all their nuclear fuel and have reached the end of their long evolutions. White dwarfs are extremely dense-they are typically around 100 times smaller than the Sun but have a similar mass.
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AUG 03, 2023Space & Astronomy
Messier 57, more commonly known as the Ring Nebula, is a planetary nebula located approximately 2,600 light-years from E ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 26, 2023Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Nature Astronomy examines a new source of how gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) could be created from ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 02, 2023Space & Astronomy
A new study scheduled to be published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society examines what astronomers ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 27, 2023Space & Astronomy
How do supernovas occur? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address as a team of researchers exami ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 16, 2023Space & Astronomy
Astronomers recently observed a dying, Sun-like star engulfing one of its planets using the Gemini South Adaptive Optics ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 31, 2023Space & Astronomy
Carl Sagan is famously quoted for saying, "We are made of star stuff", because when a star dies, it sheds its material b ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 17, 2022Space & Astronomy
A new study published in Nature Astronomy explains how the Southern Ring Nebula obtained its unique shape; the shape is ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.JUL 30, 2022Space & Astronomy
There have been thousands of exoplanets found orbiting around single – or ‘normal’ – stars, but ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.JUL 24, 2022Space & Astronomy
Volcanoes are one of nature’s most awe-inspiring creations, giant mountains ejecting red hot lava that are both be ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 08, 2022Chemistry & Physics
Brown dwarfs, which are popularly known as failed stars, form a boundary between the most massive planets and the smalle ...Written By: Amanpreet KaurJUN 30, 2022Chemistry & Physics
A Nova aka a New Star is a sudden outburst on the surface of a white dwarf (remnant of a dead star) when it pulls enough ...Written By: Amanpreet KaurJUN 25, 2022Space & Astronomy
During a press conference at this summer’s American Astronomical Society meeting, a team of researchers presented ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.JUN 19, 2022Space & Astronomy
While we’re all fascinated by supernovas and how awesome they look, our own Sun will not go supernova at the end o ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 07, 2022Chemistry & Physics
Alan Turing, a British mathematical genius, was born in Paddington, London on June 23, 1912. His father was a civil serv ...Written By: Amanpreet KaurAPR 30, 2022Chemistry & Physics
It has been known for ages that the Earth orbits around the Sun along with 7 more planets and dwarf planets among many o ...Written By: Amanpreet KaurDEC 01, 2021Space & Astronomy
When a small or medium-sized star reaches the end of its life, it becomes a white dwarf. Suns produce energy by fusing h ...Written By: Hannah DanielOCT 19, 2021Space & Astronomy
One of the most difficult aspects of studying space is that most things, on the astronomical scale, happen very slowly. ...Written By: Matthew LundyAUG 18, 2021Space & Astronomy
The feeding patterns of black holes are directly correlated to their size. The corresponding study was published in ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 26, 2020Space & Astronomy
At the end of their life cycle, stars like our sun become 'white dwarfs'. Cooling over billions of years from th ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 24, 2020Space & Astronomy
Earlier this year, astronomers reportedly identified the 'closest black hole to Earth every discovered'. However ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 16, 2020Space & Astronomy
Matt Caplan, a theoretical physicist at Illinois State University, has calculated when the last supernova will happen in ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 26, 2020Space & Astronomy
When you look at the confines of our solar system and notice just how large the Sun is when compared to Jupiter, the lar ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 29, 2019Space & Astronomy
AT2018cow, also commonly referred to as the ‘the Cow,’ was an incredibly bright flash of light that astronom ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 13, 2018Space & Astronomy
When NASA’s New Horizons probe conducted its historic fly-by of Pluto in 2015, the American space agency received ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
AUG 03, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Messier 57, more commonly known as the Ring Nebula, is a planetary nebula located approximately 2,600 light-years from E
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 26, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Nature Astronomy examines a new source of how gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) could be created from
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 02, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A new study scheduled to be published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society examines what astronomers
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 27, 2023
Space & Astronomy
How do supernovas occur? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address as a team of researchers exami
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 16, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers recently observed a dying, Sun-like star engulfing one of its planets using the Gemini South Adaptive Optics
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 31, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Carl Sagan is famously quoted for saying, "We are made of star stuff", because when a star dies, it sheds its material b
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 17, 2022
Space & Astronomy
A new study published in Nature Astronomy explains how the Southern Ring Nebula obtained its unique shape; the shape is
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
JUL 30, 2022
Space & Astronomy
There have been thousands of exoplanets found orbiting around single – or ‘normal’ – stars, but
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
JUL 24, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Volcanoes are one of nature’s most awe-inspiring creations, giant mountains ejecting red hot lava that are both be
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 08, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
Brown dwarfs, which are popularly known as failed stars, form a boundary between the most massive planets and the smalle
...
Written By:
Amanpreet Kaur
JUN 30, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
A Nova aka a New Star is a sudden outburst on the surface of a white dwarf (remnant of a dead star) when it pulls enough
...
Written By:
Amanpreet Kaur
JUN 25, 2022
Space & Astronomy
During a press conference at this summer’s American Astronomical Society meeting, a team of researchers presented
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
JUN 19, 2022
Space & Astronomy
While we’re all fascinated by supernovas and how awesome they look, our own Sun will not go supernova at the end o
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 07, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
Alan Turing, a British mathematical genius, was born in Paddington, London on June 23, 1912. His father was a civil serv
...
Written By:
Amanpreet Kaur
APR 30, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
It has been known for ages that the Earth orbits around the Sun along with 7 more planets and dwarf planets among many o
...
Written By:
Amanpreet Kaur
DEC 01, 2021
Space & Astronomy
When a small or medium-sized star reaches the end of its life, it becomes a white dwarf. Suns produce energy by fusing h
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
OCT 19, 2021
Space & Astronomy
One of the most difficult aspects of studying space is that most things, on the astronomical scale, happen very slowly.
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
AUG 18, 2021
Space & Astronomy
The feeding patterns of black holes are directly correlated to their size. The corresponding study was published in
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 26, 2020
Space & Astronomy
At the end of their life cycle, stars like our sun become 'white dwarfs'. Cooling over billions of years from th
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 24, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Earlier this year, astronomers reportedly identified the 'closest black hole to Earth every discovered'. However
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 16, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Matt Caplan, a theoretical physicist at Illinois State University, has calculated when the last supernova will happen in
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 26, 2020
Space & Astronomy
When you look at the confines of our solar system and notice just how large the Sun is when compared to Jupiter, the lar
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 29, 2019
Space & Astronomy
AT2018cow, also commonly referred to as the ‘the Cow,’ was an incredibly bright flash of light that astronom
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 13, 2018
Space & Astronomy
When NASA’s New Horizons probe conducted its historic fly-by of Pluto in 2015, the American space agency received
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard