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Stars often die with a final burst of beauty. For the first time, astronomers have captured visual proof that a star can ...

The smoking gun of the creation of lithium in explosions on white dwarf stars may have been found, in a spike of gamma rays originating from a nova.

Many heavy atoms form from a supernova explosion, the remnants of which are shown in this image. NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage ...

The shattered star at the center was once a white dwarf, a stellar ember no larger than Earth, yet almost as heavy as the Sun ...

In other cases, another member of the system will go on to form a second white dwarf. If gravitational instabilities bring ...

The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...

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A new method uses helium droplets combined with ultrashort laser pulses to trigger chemical reactions in a controlled way.

The latest 1895 podcast was a live one, recorded on stage at the recent gas world Specialty Gases Summit in Utrecht. In this episode, Rich Brook, who leads a global consulting business specialising in ...

An atom consists of a heavy center, called the nucleus, made of particles called protons and neutrons. An atom has lighter ...