The sky will get a colourful nebula, and the remains of the explosion become a small ... bluish body called a white dwarf (represented by the symbol PK205+14.1 in the image below).

Our Sun will become a white dwarf in about 7 billion years. At that point, it will no longer produce energy through nuclear fusion, having exhausted its fuel (hydrogen and helium). Just like the ...

Richard Livitski Seal Beach, California Our Sun will become a white dwarf in about 7 billion years. At that point, it will no longer produce energy through nuclear fusion, having exhausted its fuel ...

In addition to helping the researchers nail down the nebula's ellipsoidal structure, the 3D model also confirmed that the stellar corpse of the bygone star known as a white dwarf, which is seen as the ...

These popular astronomy questions, answered by Astronomy magazine, will help you better understand our universe - and share ...

These wings, which spread outward from a mall collapsed white dwarf, are all that remains of the old star. The gas of the wings that we see in the Butterfly Nebula images is the result of the ...

When it happens to the Sun, its mantle will be flung outward to form a planetary nebula, while its core will linger on as a white dwarf ... These smudges of color become troves of scientific ...

Scientists traced the remnant of supernova SN 1181 to the nebula Pa 30. Amateur astronomer Dana Patchick ... This is a dense, dead star called a white dwarf that triggers a thermonuclear explosion ...