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How to watch Ceres, a dwarf planet 14 times smaller than Pluto, photobomb the spiral galaxy this weekend
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15 hours ago
How to watch Ceres, a dwarf planet 14 times smaller than Pluto, photobomb the spiral galaxy this weekend
This weekend you will be able to watch live as the first asteroid ever discovered flies over one of the…
Find the dwarf planet Ceres during the new moon tonight (March 21)
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5 days ago
Find the dwarf planet Ceres during the new moon tonight (March 21)
When the Moon reaches its new phase on Tuesday (March 21), the dwarf planet Ceres will be opposite the Sun…
Record holders! Ultra-close dwarf stars revolve around each other in less than a day
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4 weeks ago
Record holders! Ultra-close dwarf stars revolve around each other in less than a day
Scientists have discovered a record-breaking binary star system consisting of two ultracool dwarf stars so close to each other that…
Astronomers have discovered a new class of dark, water-rich asteroids like the dwarf planet Ceres.
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4 weeks ago
Astronomers have discovered a new class of dark, water-rich asteroids like the dwarf planet Ceres.
Astronomers are slowly shedding light on dark objects hovering in the narrow asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. In a…
Brown dwarf ‘failed star’ captured in nearby star cluster (photo)
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February 8, 2023
Brown dwarf ‘failed star’ captured in nearby star cluster (photo)
Astronomers have obtained a direct image of the nearest brown dwarf, an astronomical body larger than a planet but not…
Newly discovered ultra-dim dwarf galaxies are “the first fossils of the early universe”.
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January 18, 2023
Newly discovered ultra-dim dwarf galaxies are “the first fossils of the early universe”.
Three ultra-dim dwarf galaxies have been discovered around a distant spiral galaxy with a mass close to the Milky Way.…
James Webb Space Telescope finds powerful shock wave and small dwarf galaxy in Stefan’s Quintet
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January 9, 2023
James Webb Space Telescope finds powerful shock wave and small dwarf galaxy in Stefan’s Quintet
The shock waves created by the collision between the Stefan Quintet galaxies and the intruder galaxy are causing strange processes…
Hubble Space Telescope Finds Peekaboo Dwarf Galaxy, Early Universe Time Machine –
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December 7, 2022
Hubble Space Telescope Finds Peekaboo Dwarf Galaxy, Early Universe Time Machine –
The Hubble Space Telescope emerged victorious from the space game of hide and seek. NASA has just announced the discovery…
The James Webb Space Telescope peered into a lonely dwarf galaxy and got brilliant results
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November 11, 2022
The James Webb Space Telescope peered into a lonely dwarf galaxy and got brilliant results
The most powerful space telescope to date has focused an image of a lone dwarf galaxy in our galaxy’s neighborhood,…
The oldest star in the Milky Way is a white red dwarf.
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November 5, 2022
The oldest star in the Milky Way is a white red dwarf.
At 10.7 billion years old, the oldest of our galaxy, the Milky Way. This is a white dwarf, located 90…