Astronomers have observed a white dwarf - a highly compact Earth-sized stellar ember - that is creating a colorful shockwave ...

As stars move through space, they push away material and create a so-called bow shock ahead of them akin to a curved ridge of ...

Gas and dust flowing from stars can, under the right conditions, clash with a star's surroundings and create a shock wave.

"We found something never seen before and, more importantly, entirely unexpected," team leader Simone Scaringi of Durham ...

Astronomers have observed a rainbow-shaped bow shock around a nearby dead star, RXJ0528+2838. It is located 731 light-years ...

In this case, RXJ0528+2838 is orbited by a still-living star similar in size to our sun. In such cases, material from the ...

Astronomers from our Physics department have discovered a striking and unexplained shock wave surrounding a dead star. The ...

Gas and dust flowing from stars can, under the right conditions, clash with a star’s surroundings and create a shock wave.

Astronomers from our Physics department have discovered a striking and unexplained shock wave surrounding a dead star. The ...

A nearby white dwarf is carving a colourful shockwave through space, puzzling astronomers and raising new questions about how ...