A giant exoplanet is surprisingly chill given how close it is to its red dwarf star — perhaps because the star is so little.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A rapidly spinning, highly magnetic white dwarf in the Gaia22ayj system has been identified as a transitional "teenage" white dwarf pulsar. This object exhibits ...

A team of astronomers believe they may have discovered a new dwarf planet—just like Pluto—on the edge of our solar system.

The TNO, which are described as minor planets that orbit the sun at a greater distance than Neptune, were found on the edge ...

Last week he was beaming over the smallest star yet discovered: a “white dwarf,” 25 light years away from the earth, which he found and analyzed with the help of Dr. E. F. Carpenter of the ...

In fact, Ceres makes up 25% of the total mass of the asteroid belt. Still, Ceres remains a dwarf planet. Perhaps as it should, given Pluto's relegation to dwarf planet — Pluto is 14 times larger ...

Things like asteroids or Ceres, a dwarf planet like Pluto which orbits ... slashing agency programs by $6 billion, or roughly 25 percent, focusing especially on science work.

Hillwig received a $72,743 grant that will fund the hiring of student researchers who will help study dwarf white stars over the next three summers. Titled “A Treasury FUV Survey of the Hottest ...