Dwarf galaxies often appear to align mysteriously around their host galaxies. A new study proposes an unprecedented ...

In a distant region of space thought to be empty, a newly discovered dwarf planet inspires a debate about the existence of a giant planet hiding out there.

Researchers discovered a new trans-Neptunian object, 2017 OF201, potentially a dwarf planet, in the outer solar system.

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 ...

Astronomers have detected mysterious X-ray signals coming from a nearby white dwarf star for more than 40 years. We may now know where they’re coming from – the death throes of a planet being ...

Here’s how it works. The ultimate stage of stellar evolution for many stars is a black dwarf. Because they emit no heat or light, these objects would be a challenge to detect if they existed today.

It may be engineered for gags, but the 35-year-old show has never shied away from sophisticated sci-fi ideas. Focused on a quartet of mismatched characters forced to live together by circumstance ...