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Published Study of 'polluted' white dwarfs finds that stars and planets grow together - Study of 'Polluted' White Dwarfs Finds That Stars and Planets Grow Together (via sciencedaily.com)
A team of astronomers have found that planet formation in our young Solar System started much earlie...
Published Ground-breaking number of brown dwarfs discovered - Ground-breaking Number of Brown Dwarfs Discovered (via sciencedaily.com)
Brown dwarfs, mysterious objects that straddle the line between stars and planets, are essential to ...
Published Researchers map the movement of white dwarfs of the Milky Way - Researchers Map the Movement of White Dwarfs of the Milky Way (via sciencedaily.com)
White dwarfs were once normal stars similar to the Sun but then collapsed after exhausting all their ...
Published Massive comet-like object pollutes atmosphere of a white dwarf - Massive Comet-Like Object Pollutes Atmosphere of a White Dwarf (via sciencedaily.com)
For the first time, scientists have witnessed a massive object with the makeup of a comet being ripp...
Published Discovery tests theory on cooling of white dwarf stars (via sciencedaily.com) Original source
Open any astronomy textbook to the section on white dwarf stars and you'll likely learn that they ar ...
Published Astronomers uncover methane emission on a cold brown dwarf (via sciencedaily.com) Original source
Astronomers have discovered methane emission on a brown dwarf, an unexpected finding for such a cold ...
Published Brown dwarf weather forecasts improved - Brown Dwarf Weather Forecasts Improved (via sciencedaily.com)
Dim objects called brown dwarfs, less massive than the Sun but more massive than Jupiter, have power ...
Published Hyperfast white dwarf stars provide clues for understanding supernovae - Hyperfast White Dwarf Stars Provide Clues for Understanding Supernovae (via sciencedaily.com)
Scientists have used computer modeling to show how a hypothesized type of supernova would evolve on...
Published Discovery of white dwarf pulsar sheds light on star evolution - Discovery of White Dwarf Pulsar Sheds Light on Star Evolution (via sciencedaily.com) Original source
The discovery of a rare type of white dwarf star system provides new understanding into stellar evol ...
Published Hubble directly measures mass of a lone white dwarf - Hubble Directly Measures Mass of a Lone White Dwarf (via sciencedaily.com)
Astronomers have directly measured the mass of a single, isolated white dwarf -- the surviving core ...
Published Starry tail tells the tale of dwarf galaxy evolution - Starry Tail Tells the Tale of Dwarf Galaxy Evolution (via sciencedaily.com)
A giant diffuse tail of stars has been discovered emanating from a large, faint dwarf galaxy. The pr ...
Published Moon discovered over dwarf planet Makemake in the Kuiper Belt - Moon Discovered Over Dwarf Planet Makemake in the Kuiper Belt (via sciencedaily.com)
Scientists have discovered an elusive, dark moon orbiting Makemake, one of the 'big four' dwarf plan ...
Published Debris from disintegrating planets hurtling into white dwarfs across the galaxy - Debris from Disintegrating Planets Hurtling into White Dwarfs Across the Galaxy (via sciencedaily.com)
The moment that debris from destroyed planets impacts the surface of a white dwarf star has been obs ...
Published Unusual white dwarf star is made of hydrogen on one side and helium on the other (via sciencedaily.com) Original source
In a first for white dwarfs, the burnt-out cores of dead stars, astronomers have discovered that at ...
Published Hubble discovers moon orbiting the dwarf planet Makemake - Hubble Discovers Moon Orbiting the Dwarf Planet Makemake (via sciencedaily.com)
Peering to the outskirts of our solar system, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a small, dar...
Published Tiniest free-floating brown dwarf (via sciencedaily.com) Original source
Brown dwarfs are objects that straddle the dividing line between stars and planets. They form like s ...
Published Harsh space weather may doom potential life on red-dwarf planets - Harsh Space Weather May Doom Potential Life on Red-Dwarf Planets (via sciencedaily.com)
Life in the universe might be even rarer than we thought. Recently, astronomers looking for potentia...
Published NASA spacecraft becomes first to orbit a dwarf planet - NASA Spacecraft Becomes First to Orbit a Dwarf Planet (via sciencedaily.com)
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has become the first mission to achieve orbit around a dwarf planet. The spac ...
Published Super-Earth skimming habitable zone of red dwarf - Super-Earth Skimming Habitable Zone of Red Dwarf (via sciencedaily.com)
A super-Earth planet has been found near the habitable zone of a red dwarf star only 37 light-years ...
Published Moon orbits third largest dwarf planet in our solar system - Moon Orbits Third Largest Dwarf Planet in Our Solar System (via sciencedaily.com)
Astronomers have uncovered a moon orbiting the third largest dwarf planet, 2007 OR10, in the frigid ...