The X-ray signal from WD 2226-210 is similar to the X-ray emissions of two other white dwarfs that do not sit within cocoons ...

A white dwarf, or dying star, caused the destruction of a Jupiter-sized planet that is only around 650 light years away from ...

"We might have finally found the cause of a mystery that's lasted over 40 years," said researcher Sandino Estrada-Dorado.

For over 40 years, astronomers have been puzzled by strange X-ray signals from the Helix Nebula’s white dwarf. Now, they may ...

Astronomers have been recording the signal for more than four decades, but this is the first time they've nabbed its origin.

After tracking a puzzling X-ray signal from a dying star for decades, astronomers may have finally explained its source: The old star might have destroyed a nearby planet.

as the death knell from a planet that was destroyed by the white dwarf in the Helix Nebula,” said lead author Sandino Estrada ...

Since they were first detected over four decades ago, unusually powerful x-ray emissions originating from the site of a dying ...

With adults only about an inch tall, the dwarf seahorse is the smallest of the four seahorse species found in U.S. waters. This dainty, curly-tailed fish occurs only in shallow seagrass areas in the ...