Hubble Spots Rare Ultra-Massive White Dwarf Born From Star Merger
The universe continues to reveal its secrets, and a recent discovery by the NASA Hubble Space Telescope is rewriting our understanding of stellar evolution. Astronomers have identified a rare, ultra-massive white dwarf star – WD 0525+526 – that didn’t form through the typical lifecycle of a single star, but rather through the dramatic merger of … Read more