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The spiral galaxy NGC 1532, also known as Haley's Coronet, is caught in a lopsided tug of war with its smaller neighbor, the dwarf galaxy NGC 1531. The image -- taken by the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Dark Energy Camera mounted on the…

Two Edmonton brothers will be competing together at the eighth World Dwarf Games held in Cologne, Germany this month. Nineteen-year-old twins Brandon and Jared Vanderlinden are representing Alberta at the event for the first time. They were…

In a first for white dwarfs, the burnt-out cores of dead stars, astronomers have discovered that at least one member of this cosmic family is two faced. One side of the white dwarf is composed of hydrogen, while the other is made up of…

Astronomers at the University of Sydney have shown that a small, faint star is the coldest on record to produce emission at radio wavelength. The 'ultracool brown dwarf' examined in the study is a ball of gas simmering at about 425 degrees…

Anything with three hearts, blue blood and skin that can change colors like a display in Times Square is likely to turn heads. Meet Sepia bandensis, known more descriptively as the camouflaging dwarf cuttlefish. Over the past three years, a…

The discovery of a rare type of white dwarf star system provides new understanding into stellar evolution. White dwarfs are small, dense stars typically the size of a planet. They are formed when a star of low mass has burnt all its fuel,…

In a surprising announcement, the BBC has acquired the complete collection of the beloved space comedy series, Red Dwarf, marking its long-awaited return to the network after a 15-year absence. The deal includes all episodes from the first…

Astronomers have described the first radiation belt observed outside our solar system, using a coordinated array of 39 radio dishes from Hawaii to Germany to obtain high-resolution images. The images of persistent, intense radio emissions…

Actor and radio presenter Craig Charles says he was rushed to hospital after becoming unwell during his BBC radio show.Charles, known for acting roles on Red Dwarf and Coronation Street, told listeners on BBC Radio 6 Music…

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have for the first time directly measured the mass of a single, isolated white dwarf -- the surviving core of a burned-out, Sun-like star. Researchers found that the white dwarf is 56 percent…