Learn about the explosions that often occur at the end of a white dwarf star's life, allowing scientists to study the acceleration of the universe.

One significant area of study is the common envelope (CE) evolution, which is essential for the formation of short-period binary systems. A recent analysis of white dwarf binaries with low-mass ...

Mereghetti noted that HD 49798/RX J0648.0–4418 is the only known accretion-powered X-ray binary in which the mass donor is a hot subdwarf. Moreover, the white dwarf's large mass and high spin ...