It has a ring and a small moon called Weywot. Pluto is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt, a region of our solar system past Neptune. NASA captured stunning image of Eris dwarf planet. It is a dwarf ...

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A white dwarf and a red dwarf star have been discovered closely orbiting each other emitting radio pulses every two hours. Their findings means we know it isn't just neutron stars that emit such ...

Astronomers have identified a quartet of small rocky planets orbiting Barnard's star - one of our closest stellar neighbors - ...

Consequently, even though it is one of the closest stars to Earth, such that its light takes only six years to get here, it ...

Astronomers have detected mysterious X-ray signals coming from a nearby white dwarf star for more than 40 years. We may now know where they’re coming from – the death throes of a planet being ...

Astronomers have revealed new evidence that there are not just one but four tiny planets circling around Barnard's Star, the second-nearest star system to Earth.

Considered a solitary star for its lack of stellar companions, Barnard's Star is notoriously lonely—signs of any exoplanets ...

Daylight savings originated in the United States during World War I to save energy for the war effort. But a recent study by ...

Astronomers have discovered not one, but four tiny planets orbiting Barnard’s Star, our cosmic neighbor. These planets, each about a fifth the mass of Earth, whip around their host star in just ...

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