A planet circling at a sharp 90-degree angle to the orbits of its two host stars has now been confirmed. This discovery ...

How do you distinguish a galaxy from a mere cluster of stars? That’s easy, right? A galaxy is a large collection of millions ...

"No existing galaxy formation model within our standard cosmological paradigm can currently explain how this galaxy came to be." ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, directly observed star clusters merging at the cores of dwarf galaxies—a process long ...

Even though dwarf tossing seems like a positive sum game where everyone wins, there are those who hold little tolerance of what they deem a “demeaning” pastime. The advocacy group “Little People of ...

She explored its similarities to previously claimed dark matter-free dwarf galaxies DF2 and DF4, located within the NGC 1052 galaxy group, to determine whether or not FCC 224 belongs to the same ...

He adds, “I’m thrilled to be working with the artists and animators at dwarf to bring this manga masterpiece to the screen.” Stop-motion studio Dwarf’s credits include Netflix series ...

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have made the first direct observation of star clusters colliding and merging at the hearts of dwarf galaxies. The discovery could help scientists ...

Given that many properties of ASASSN–14dx remain unknown, a group of astronomers led by Pasi ... for both the binary system and the white dwarf itself," the researchers write in the paper.