Of all the strange worlds in our Milky Way galaxy, some of the most mysterious are those hanging around white dwarf stars.

While warfare seems like a deeply human conflict, a tiny carnivore also makes its own strategic moves before battle.

The Dwarf Mini makes it as easy and intuitive as possible to start photographing the deep sky. It packs quite a punch ...

Their findings, published today in the journal Nature, reveal surprising insights into what the future of life may look like ...

Andromeda has gained an exceptionally faint companion that may trace its origin back to the early universe. The newly ...

Astronomers may have witnessed one of the rarest and most dramatic cosmic events ever seen: a long-sought intermediate-mass ...

A large asteroid could be reclassified as a dwarf planet – which could make it the smallest in the solar system – after new research revealed its shape, astronomers said on Monday. Nestled in the ...

Astronomers using the Gemini North telescope, one-half of the International Gemini Observatory operated by NSF's NOIRLab, have captured the eroding remains of more than 100 dwarf galaxies as they ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed the first atmosphere around a surviving planet around a white dwarf. Credit: NASA ...

The term dwarf planet has been tossed around a lot in recent years. As part of a three-way categorization of bodies orbiting the sun, the term was adopted in 2006 due to the discovery of objects ...

John Carlsen has more than a decade of experience testing and reviewing home tech products, with a major focus on smart home security. He earned his BS in journalism from Utah Valley University. In ...