Two Strange Dead Stars Defy Astronomical Expectations
The Ghostly Remnants of Cosmic Collisions: A New Frontier in Stellar Evolution For decades, astronomers viewed white dwarfs as the quiet, final act of stars like our Sun. They were the “retired” embers of the galaxy—dense, cooling, and predictable. However, recent discoveries at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) are shattering that narrative, … Read more