Astronomers Reveal the Secret Behind Inflated White Dwarfs

Astronomers Reveal the Secret Behind Inflated White DwarfsOld binary star systems may contain stars that are even hotter than scientists previously believed. White dwarfs are the dense, compact remains left behind when stars exhaust their nuclear fuel, a process that will one day occur to our own Sun. These stellar remnants are known as degenerate stars because their internal physics defy normal […]

Scientists Discover a Giant, Unexplained Wave Rippling Through the Milky Way

Scientists Discover a Giant, Unexplained Wave Rippling Through the Milky WayThe Milky Way ripples like a vast cosmic wave. Gaia’s precise measurements reveal a colossal motion sweeping through the galaxy’s disc, an echo of something mysterious in our galaxy’s ancient past. The Milky Way is anything but static. It rotates and it wobbles, and new observations from the European Space Agency’s Gaia space telescope now […]