Produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, this website presents the reader with fundamental information about cataclysmic variables, a binary system with a white dwarf and a normal star. It also...

This National Aeronautics and Space Administration sites highlights the investigation of supernova SN 1604 with images from three different NASA observatories. This site presents a composite image that combines visible,...

This National Aeronuatics and Space Administration-Goddard website presents the basic concepts of the supernova. Topics include the different types of supernova, the cause of the explosion, and what happens to the core...

This article, authored by Joel Edward Tohline of Louisiana State University, investigates if binaries can form by spontaneous fission of rapidly rotating protostars. The authors present a classical fission hypothesis,...

This site has three videos on X-ray binary systems, black hole M87, and neutron stars using either AVI or quicktime format. The videos are less than a minute long, but effectively portray these compact objects and how...