The event occurred at the edge of the Milky Way. — -- Astronomers have uncovered evidence that a white dwarf may have gone into death star mode on the edge of the Milky Way, shredding a planet ...

Using NASA's Chandra X-ray spacecraft, astronomers have witnessed a distant, Jupiter-size world "shrinking" as its host star bombards it with heavy radiation. The extrasolar planet, or "exoplanet," is ...

Astronomers have detected mysterious X-ray signals coming from a nearby white dwarf star for more than 40 years. We may now know where they’re coming from – the death throes of a planet being torn to ...

"We might have finally found the cause of a mystery that’s lasted over 40 years." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Using NASA's ...

"It's almost unfathomable to imagine what is happening to this planet. The planet's atmosphere simply cannot withstand the high X-ray dose it's receiving from its star." Using NASA's Chandra X-ray ...