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I read recently about the possibility of two white dwarfs colliding to create a type la supernova. Why do astronomers think it has to be two white dwarfs instead of a white dwarf colliding with a regular star? | Astronomy.com

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I read recently about the possibility of two white dwarfs colliding to create a type la supernova. Why do astronomers think it has to be two white dwarfs instead of a white dwarf colliding with a regular star?

FROM THE August 2012 ISSUE

I read recently about the possibility of two white dwarfs colliding to create a type la supernova. Why do astronomers think it has to be two white dwarfs instead of a white dwarf colliding with a regular star?

Steven Smith, Charlotte, North Carolina

Published: Monday, June 25, 2012

In the case of two white dwarfs, the two stars spiral closer and closer, giving off gravitational radiation, until they collide. In the case of one white dwarf and a regular star, as the stars evolve and begin to spiral closer to each other, they reach a point where mass transfer begins. This mass transfer stabilizes the orbit so that the two stars no longer move closer to each other and will not collide, as in the case of the two white dwarfs.

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