Scientists behind the research think this stellar corpse is actually a monster-sized white dwarf. The discovery raises the question of how the binary's "living" star has managed to survive in ...

Astronomers spotted a potential Earth-size rocky world orbiting a white dwarf, suggesting a future in which our planet outlives its star. By Jonathan O’Callaghan In six billion years the sun ...

Scientists have unravelled a mystery about the disappearance of dwarf hippos and elephants that once roamed the picturesque landscape on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus before palaeolithic ...

Cyprus only had two species of megafauna present during the Late Pleistocene—the 500-kg dwarf elephant (Palaeoloxodon cypriotes), and the 130-kg dwarf hippo (Phanourios minor), but both species ...

A 2020 microlensing event was caused by a planetary system with an Earth-like planet and brown dwarf. The star type was uncertain. The team has determined that the star is a white dwarf ...

Soon enough, you organise a major expedition back to the island. Cyprus wasn’t the only Mediterranean island with dwarf wildlife. In fact, Crete, Malta, Sicily, Sardinia and many other islands ...

The dwarf planet Ceres hosts a frozen ocean that is almost pure water ice at its surface and becomes ‘dirtier’ with depth, modelling suggests 1. The work reconciles conflicting evidence ...

On the southernmost tip of India, a “dwarf”-like creature with spiky sides scampered up a boulder. Down below, scientists ...

This resource package is suitable for educators, students, and anyone interested in learning more about dwarf planets! Learn more about Pluto and other dwarf planets, which are defined as objects that ...

A compact shrub up to 1m high, with deciduous, lance-shaped, grey-green leaves, and panicles of fragrant, soft lilac flowers from midsummer to early autumn; the Lo and Behold series do not set fertile ...