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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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OCT 21, 2018Space & Astronomy
It was almost one full year ago that an unforeseen interstellar object whizzed through the solar system. Immediately aft ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 21, 2018Chemistry & Physics
The pulsar is often compared to lighthouses because it emits beams of electromagnetic radiation that are pointed toward ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAY 21, 2018Videos
A supernova is an incredibly bright explosion that most people associate with the death of an old star when there isn't ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 22, 2017Videos
You can probably already guess that life on Earth won't be possible without the Sun. But do you know exactly how death o ...SEP 05, 2017Space & Astronomy
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New Jersey-based charter boat fishers got their five minutes of fame during this annual Shark Week after catching what i ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 18, 2017Space & Astronomy
Almost three decades ago, astronomers were looking at a binary star system known as 47 Tuc X9, which resides around 14,8 ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 11, 2017Space & Astronomy
Fans of Star Wars know exactly what we’re talking about when we mention Tatooine, the sandy desert-like planet tha ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 25, 2016Space & Astronomy
Have you ever wondered what’s going to happen to the Earth in the distant future of the Solar System? You’re ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 20, 2016Space & Astronomy
A very interesting binary star system subbed AR Scorpii some 380 light years away from our planet contains both a red dw ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 10, 2016Videos
Our Sun is a star that's been burning for the past 4.6 billion years. It's got about another 5 billion years to go befor ...MAY 23, 2016Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have announced finding what they believe is the first known White Dwarf Pulsar. Using the Southern African L ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 30, 2015Technology
It would seem as though the U.S. is behind in terms of technology. The U.S. sources just about everything from China whe ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 10, 2015Space & Astronomy
If you've been paying attention to the New Horizons mission, you may have noticed that the probe won't be going into orb ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 28, 2015Space & Astronomy
In this Chandra image of ngc6388, researchers have found evidence that a white dwarf star may have ripped ap ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAR 30, 2015Space & Astronomy
The brilliant explosions of dead stars have been used for years to illuminate the far-flung reaches of our cosmos. The e ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 27, 2015Space & Astronomy
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have documented and taken images of a smaller space explosion that c ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 22, 2015Space & Astronomy
NASA's Dawn spacecraft will have plenty of mysteries to investigate when it begins orbiting the dwarf planet Ceres next ...Written By: Don CruikshankAUG 13, 2014Space & Astronomy
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) has mostly been conducted by trying to detect electromagnetic radiat ...Written By: Peter Micheli
OCT 21, 2018
Space & Astronomy
It was almost one full year ago that an unforeseen interstellar object whizzed through the solar system. Immediately aft
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 21, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
The pulsar is often compared to lighthouses because it emits beams of electromagnetic radiation that are pointed toward
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAY 21, 2018
Videos
A supernova is an incredibly bright explosion that most people associate with the death of an old star when there isn't
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 22, 2017
Videos
You can probably already guess that life on Earth won't be possible without the Sun. But do you know exactly how death o
...
SEP 05, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Ask almost anyone you know what supernovae are, and you’ll probably hear how they’re the result of a star co
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 25, 2017
Plants & Animals
New Jersey-based charter boat fishers got their five minutes of fame during this annual Shark Week after catching what i
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 18, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Almost three decades ago, astronomers were looking at a binary star system known as 47 Tuc X9, which resides around 14,8
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 11, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Fans of Star Wars know exactly what we’re talking about when we mention Tatooine, the sandy desert-like planet tha
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 25, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Have you ever wondered what’s going to happen to the Earth in the distant future of the Solar System? You’re
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 20, 2016
Space & Astronomy
A very interesting binary star system subbed AR Scorpii some 380 light years away from our planet contains both a red dw
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 10, 2016
Videos
Our Sun is a star that's been burning for the past 4.6 billion years. It's got about another 5 billion years to go befor
...
MAY 23, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have announced finding what they believe is the first known White Dwarf Pulsar. Using the Southern African L
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 30, 2015
Technology
It would seem as though the U.S. is behind in terms of technology. The U.S. sources just about everything from China whe
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 10, 2015
Space & Astronomy
If you've been paying attention to the New Horizons mission, you may have noticed that the probe won't be going into orb
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 28, 2015
Space & Astronomy
In this Chandra image of ngc6388, researchers have found evidence that a white dwarf star may have ripped ap ...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAR 30, 2015
Space & Astronomy
The brilliant explosions of dead stars have been used for years to illuminate the far-flung reaches of our cosmos. The e
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 27, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have documented and taken images of a smaller space explosion that c
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 22, 2015
Space & Astronomy
NASA's Dawn spacecraft will have plenty of mysteries to investigate when it begins orbiting the dwarf planet Ceres next
...
Written By:
Don Cruikshank
AUG 13, 2014
Space & Astronomy
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) has mostly been conducted by trying to detect electromagnetic radiat
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli