For the first time, astronomers have detected a radio signal from the massive explosion of a dying white dwarf

  • Written by: Stuart Ryder, Adjunct Fellow, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Macquarie University
For the first time, astronomers have detected a radio signal from the massive explosion of a dying white dwarfAdam Makarenko/W. M. Keck Observatory, Author provided

When stars like our Sun die, they tend to go out with a whimper and not a bang – unless they happen to be part of a binary (two) star system that could give rise to a supernova explosion.

Now, for the first time, astronomers have spotted the radio signature of just such an event in a...

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