A team of German astronomers, led by Professor Klaus Werner of the University of Tübingen, have discovered a strange new type of star covered in the by-product of helium burning. It is possible that ...

A new study written by German astronomers outlines a new type of star we've never seen before. The new hot subdwarf star was discovered by a team of researchers led by Professor Klaus Werner from the ...

It feels as if we discover something new about space everyday, much of which challenges our existing understanding of the universe. Many current research projects are especially focused on studying ...

Over 10,000 light-years from Earth, two mega-hot stars are changing what astronomers know about stellar evolution and how the gassy balls can be constructed. The stars are unique for their exotic ...

A white dwarf star can explode as a supernova when its mass exceeds the limit of about 1.4 solar masses. A team led by the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE) in Garching and ...

Artist's impression of a rare kind of stellar merger event between two white dwarf stars. Credit Nicole Reindl A team of German astronomers, led by Professor Klaus Werner of the University of Tübingen ...

Artist's impression of a supersoft X-ray source: the accretion disk around a white dwarf star is made mainly of helium. Credit: F. Bodensteiner/background image ESO ...