Capturing the Moment a White Dwarf Exploded
The Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA Array) at Georgia State University has generated…
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Glowing bridge links dwarf galaxies in stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope
A spectacular new view of two dwarf galaxies caught in the middle of a cosmic…
Pluto quiz: Can you figure out this dwarf planet?
Once hailed as the ninth planet, Pluto has long captured the imagination of stargazers and…
Dwarf galaxy glows red in the Hunting Dogs constellation photo of the day for June 25, 2025
Deep in the constellation Canes Venatici, also called the Hunting Dogs, lies the dwarf galaxy…
Pluto’s hazy skies are making the dwarf planet even colder, James Webb Space Telescope finds
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered that a hazy sky over frozen Pluto…
New dwarf planet spotted at the edge of the solar system
The orbits of a potential dwarf planet called 2017 OF201 and the dwarf planet SednaTony…
Euclid ‘dark universe detective’ spacecraft discovers 2,674 new dwarf galaxies
The latest wide-scale analysis of data from the Euclid Space Telescope has demonstrated just how…
These dwarf galaxies in the Hydra cluster are baffling scientists: ‘We found something we didn’t expect’
Astronomers have discovered something surprising about the universe's smallest and faintest class of galaxies: Ultra-Diffuse…
‘Star Trek scion’ Adam Nimoy talks our favorite (dwarf) planet for ‘I Heart Pluto’ festival
The 95th anniversary of Pluto's official discovery by Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in…
Distant dwarf planet Makemake might have a surprising ice volcano
A small world in the outer solar system appears to have volcanic activity possibly spurred…