The chemical composition of certain stars gives clues about their predecessors, stars that have long since exploded and faded
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Can planets survive the death of a star?
A recent study shows that it is possible for the smaller planets with denser elements could live to fight another day
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Are planetary nebulae made by supernovae?
We find out if these beautiful structures are made by the titanic explosion of massive stars
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Earth’s ingredients found around distant stars
This study will show how Earth-like planets are formed and what astronomers need to look for in other planetary systems
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Astronomers use neutron stars to justify Einstein’s famous theory
This result is ten-times more precise than the previous best test of gravity, making the evidence for Einstein’s Strong Equivalence Principle that much stronger
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Hubble sees Comet Halley’s big brother being shredded by white dwarf
For the first time, a massive, comet-like object that has been seen being ripped apart and scattered in the atmosphere of a ‘dead star’
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Speedy gas flares discovered on white dwarfs for the first time
The first sighting of such activity, it suggests that our current understanding of star habits and their capabilities is incomplete
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Stellar cannibalism transforms star into a brown dwarf
Astronomers have detected a sub-stellar object that used to be a star, after being consumed by its white dwarf companion
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Can we see dead stars with the naked eye?
We find out the answer to this intriguing question
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Five amazing facts about white dwarfs
Meet the stars that teach us something interesting about our own Sun