<img src=”https://naked-science.ru/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/supe_rr-scaled.jpg” alt=”Astronomers have seen the death of more than three thousand white dwarfs”/>When some white dwarfs — compact stars with masses of about 1.4 solar masses — end their lives with a thermonuclear explosion, type Ia supernovae are formed. Until now, it was believed that white dwarfs “die” in a uniform manner, but an analysis of 3,628 supernova explosions has revealed the most unusual scenarios of cosmic drama — from stellar collisions to “cannibalism” in binary systems.