Earth-like exoplanet found just 40 light years away – the closest yet
23 May 2024
A nearby planet named Gliese 12 b has an estimated surface temperature of 42°C (108°F), making it a promising candidate for liquid water and maybe life
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Found 465 results for dwarf planet
Mystery of 'impossible' star resolved by three-body solution
14 May 2024
A white dwarf star orbiting a sun-like star was thought to be impossibly small, but now astronomers have found another star in the system that solves the puzzle
Planet caught in a gravitational 'tidal storm' is so hot that it glows
2 April 2024
A strange world is being stretched out of shape by its neighbouring planets, heating it up so intensely that it probably has a molten surface
Billions of stars have swallowed up a planet
20 March 2024
Twin stars that were born together should have the same composition, and the fact that many don’t suggests they have changed their chemistry by devouring planets
It's time to accept that we are in the Anthropocene once and for all
13 March 2024
Humans are drastically changing the planet and the Anthropocene is a useful tool to help us deal with that – so let's stop quibbling over definitions
Weird floating crystals can stop stars ageing for billions of years
6 March 2024
Some white dwarfs seem to stop ageing for billions of years, and this may be due to the behaviour of unusual ice crystals that heat up the stars
JWST will officially begin searching for exomoons around other planets
5 March 2024
Five exomoon programmes have been picked for the James Webb Space Telescope, raising the hopes of finding moons around exoplanets for the first time
Why space dust is key to everything from star birth to life on Earth
1 March 2024
Cosmic dust grains may be small, but they are mighty – it turns out dust is crucial to just about every process that occurs in space
Weird white dwarf star has a metal scar after eating a planet
26 February 2024
Astronomers have spotted a white dwarf star with a patch of metal near one of its magnetic poles, which probably formed when the star devoured a small planet
Astronomers have spotted what may be the smallest stars ever seen
15 December 2023
The James Webb Space Telescope has found three objects about a thousand light years away that may be the least massive brown dwarf stars ever seen – though it is unclear how they formed
