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The Hubble Space Telescope has been used to determine the mass of white dwarf star LAWD 37. It is "56 percent the mass of our ...
If traditional garden beds aren't available to you, that doesn't mean you can't grow your own fruits and veggies. Here are ...
Astronomers in China have observed a pulsar that becomes partially eclipsed by an orbiting companion star every few hours. This type of observation is very rare and could shed new light on how binary ...
Astronomers have discovered the "missing link" connecting the death of sunlike stars to the birth of white dwarf stellar ...
Giant planets are not rare per se — after all, we have four in our own solar system. Such large worlds are, however, rarely found around the smallest stars, red dwarfs. Red dwarfs simply shouldn't ...
Higher steel tariffs kick in. A potential new dwarf planet is identified. And food maker Campbell’s says more people are reaching for pantry staples over snacks. Here’s what to know today.
Natural short sleepers carry rare variants in certain genes, which seem to make their sleep more efficient. Here's what the science says. Have you ever noticed how some people bounce out of bed ...
If you've run into any bugs: report them! (You'll need a github account.) Make sure to describe the issue in as much detail as you can, and to mention what system ...
2 Little-Known Factors That Influence Your Short-Game Shots originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Ask most amateur players what they love most about golf practice and very few will tell you it’s ...
"It is potentially large enough to qualify as a dwarf planet. Its orbit is very wide and eccentric, which means it experienced an interesting orbital migration path in the past," said astrophysicist ...
Now, a US-based trio hunting this elusive world has instead stumbled on what appears to be a new dwarf planet in the solar system’s outer reaches and the existence of this new kid on the block could ...
TOI-5205b has one of the highest mass ratios for M-dwarf planets, with a mass ratio of almost 0.3%, as it orbits a host star that is just 0.392 +/- 0.015 M (circle dot). Its planetary radius is 1.03 + ...