Hubble spots white dwarf star 'snacking' on chunk of Pluto-like object. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a white dwarf star devouring a piece of a Pluto-like object. The star is about ...

A smaller white dwarf star (left) pulls material from a larger star into a swirling accretion disk in this artist’s concept released Nov. 19, 2025, to illustrate the first use of NASA’s IXPE (Imaging ...

A smaller white dwarf star (left) pulls material from a larger star into a swirling accretion disk in this artist's concept released Nov. 19, 2025, to illustrate the first use of NASA's IXPE (Imaging ...

NASA IXPE recorded the first X-ray polarization measurements of a white dwarf star by observing the binary system EX Hydrae, directly answering the titled question. According to NASA, on January 5, ...

What can white dwarf stars eating their own planets teach astronomers about planetary and solar system formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal hopes ...

Astronomers have spotted a white dwarf devouring a planetary remnant billions of years after its death, revealing unexpected late-stage activity in planetary systems' afterlife. The star in question, ...

In an ancient star system expected to be stable and dormant, scientists found a 3 billion-year-old white dwarf star still tearing apart massive quantities of rock. “The rate we’ve seen rock consumed ...

A white dwarf is what’s left of a star, like our Sun, that reaches the end of its life. When stars use up all their energy, they expand into red titans, burning much hotter and brighter for a short ...