In our nearby stellar neighborhood, a burned-out star is snacking on a fragment of a Pluto-like object. With its unique ultraviolet capability, only NASA's Hubble Space Telescope could identify that ...

Astronomers have detected the chemical fingerprint of a frozen, water-rich planetary fragment being devoured by a white dwarf star, offering the clearest evidence yet that icy, life-delivering objects ...

Deep in space, an ancient brown dwarf nicknamed "The Accident" has revealed the first-ever detection of a molecule that scientists have been searching for in planetary atmospheres for decades. For the ...

It's been a sad week for Red Dwarf fans after the show's creator revealed that UKTV scrapped plans for a new episode of the beloved comedy - however, not all is lost. Earlier this week, Doug Naylor, ...

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An international team of astronomers has discovered a cosmic rarity: an ultra-massive white dwarf star resulting from a white dwarf merging with another star, rather than through the evolution of a ...

The dwarf planet Ceres, the only dwarf planet in the main asteroid belt, might have once been hospitable for life, according to a recent study. NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA Ceres, the ...

Red Dwarf co-creator Doug Naylor has said that UKTV scrapped a new episode of the beloved sci-fi comedy last year. He added: "The cast were all on board and I was told to start writing. Several months ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. New research suggests that the dwarf planet Ceres may have once had a radioactive core, capable ...

Scientists found a “dwarf”-like creature sleeping on a tree near a hotel in Madagascar and discovered a new species, a study said. Screengrab from Anjajavy le lodge’s Facebook video As darkness ...

Scientists found a hair “dwarf”-like creature in a hollow tree of a forest in Laos and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Sriranan, Songsangchote, Sihavong, Sayavongsa, Sidavong, ...

Ammonite was discovered using the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii, with follow-up confirmation from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. Its orbit and size officially qualify it as a distant dwarf planet.