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Webb Measures Atmosphere and Heat of a Planet Orbiting a White Dwarf

New JWST data plus thermal models suggest the gas giant was reheated by a late inward migration billions of years after its star died.

White Dwarf Without Disk Has Driven Thousand-Year Bow Shock, VLT Study Finds

Astronomers Spot Long-Lived Bow Shock Around Diskless White Dwarf, Defying Models

Early Interferometric Images Recast Novae as Multi-Stage, Directional Eruptions

Gemini South Unveils Sharper Butterfly Nebula Image for 25th Anniversary

Ancient White Dwarf Caught Accreting Debris From a Shattered Rocky World

3-Billion-Year-Old White Dwarf Is Actively Devouring Rocky Debris, Study Finds

Tidal Heating Model Shows Ultra-Tight White Dwarf Binaries Interact Sooner Than Expected

Hubble Spots White Dwarf Devouring Nitrogen‑Rich, Pluto‑Like Icy Debris

Hubble Spots White Dwarf Devouring Icy, Nitrogen-Rich Exo‑Pluto Fragment

Hubble UV Reveals Ultra-Massive White Dwarf as Stellar Merger Remnant

Astronomers Capture First Visual Proof of Double-Detonation in Type Ia Supernova Remnant

Retrograde Planet Confirmed in Tight Binary System with White Dwarf

Webb Telescope Reveals Unprecedented Details of NGC 1514 Nebula

Astronomers Confirm Most Massive Binary White Dwarf System Destined for Explosive Future

Astronomers Confirm Nearby Binary White Dwarf System Destined for Type Ia Supernova

Astronomers Discover Heaviest Binary Star System Destined for Rare Supernova

Astronomers Record Ultra-Hot Nova Eruption With Unusual Silicon Signature

Astronomers Observe Unprecedented X-Ray Flashes from Distant Black Hole

Astronomers Anticipate 'Zombie Star' T Coronae Borealis' Rare Nova Event