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21 years after the discovery of the last dwarf planet, scientists may have found a sixth one beyond Neptune- Astronomers find a ‘ghostly’ star glowing green and another possibly the reddest ever recorded
- Green stars existed only in comics. Now astronomers have found the first real one and the reddest star ever recorded
- NASA’s SPHEREx finds brown dwarfs with water and methane, they drift in darkness without a host star and heated entirely from withinNASA's SPHEREx telescope has opened a fascinating window into the realm of brown dwarfs, the enigmatic celestial bodies that sit between st...15 Oct, 2026, 11.37 PM IST
- Scientists exploring Superhabitable Worlds that could be twice as massive as Earth with more water and a cooler sunScientists are exploring superhabitable worlds, which could provide better conditions for life than Earth itself. These planets are believe...14 Oct, 2026, 06.58 PM IST
- Strange radio signals detected from exoplanet almost 63 light-years from EarthResearchers have observed unusual radio signals from Beta Pictoris b, an exoplanet located 63 light-years away. These signals, detected usi...23 Sep, 2026, 07.43 PM IST
- Meet Julian Shapiro, the New York student who found 3 unusual dwarf galaxies and won $25,000Eighteen-year-old Julian Shapiro discovered three isolated dwarf galaxies that lack ongoing star formation, a puzzling combination for astr...21 Sep, 2026, 08.21 PM IST
- This strange world has no star to orbit, yet James Webb has revealed its changing weather from 20 light-years awayWebb telescope observed SIMP 0136, a brown dwarf twenty light-years away. Researchers found its changing appearance stems from temperature ...19 Sep, 2026, 05.57 PM IST
- Scientists found 84 strange objects hiding inside six galaxies. Their unusual X-ray emissions could change what we know about the universeScientists have discovered 84 unusual “hypersoft X-ray sources” across six galaxies using archival data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observato...16 Sep, 2026, 11.41 PM IST
- Sagittarius existed in real dimensions but over the past approximately 6 billion years, Milky Way has been absorbing dwarf galaxyWhether the Milky Way's early growth was fueled by homegrown star formation or a galactic merger has been a matter of debate, according to...18 Aug, 2026, 04.18 PM IST
- Our Milky Way devoured a galaxy 11.8 billion years ago. Another crash may happen in 4.5 billion yearsThe Milky Way swallowed a smaller dwarf galaxy about 11.8 billion years ago, marking the earliest known merger in its history. Scientists u...18 Aug, 2026, 03.40 PM IST
- Astronomers reveal hidden black holes, not dark matter, as the glue of the Milky Way’s faintest satelliteUrsa Major III, once considered a dark-matter-dominated dwarf galaxy, may actually be a dense star cluster. New research suggests its gravi...21 Aug, 2025, 02.45 PM IST
- James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveals stunning image of Leo P galaxy, a rare dwarf galaxy defying scientific expectations with unexpected star formationThe Leo P Galaxy has shocked scientists with new findings from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Located 5.3 million light-years away,...17 Feb, 2025, 06.57 PM IST
- How supermassive black holes prevent star formationLondon, Jan 10 (IANS) Scientists have found evidence that supermassive black holes prevent formation of stars in some smaller galaxies, in ...10 Jan, 2018, 03.37 PM IST
- Breakthrough detects 15 radio bursts from dwarf galaxy; might be from ‘alien’ spacecraft15 radio bursts coming from a dwarf galaxy about 3 million light years away from earth have been detected by Breakthrough Listen, a global ...31 Aug, 2017, 01.01 PM IST
- Mysterious radio signal traced to distant dwarf galaxyWashington, Jan 5 (IANS) In a first, astronomers, including one of Indian-origin, have traced the source of a mysterious radio signal to a ...05 Jan, 2017, 01.53 PM IST
- Dark matter satellites trigger massive birth of starsThese star forming episodes may last for several billions of years, depending on the mass, orbit and concentration of the dark satellite, r...10 Mar, 2016, 04.52 PM IST
- Scientists develop new method to hunt dark matterAn international team of scientists has discovered a new method that may help in detecting dwarf galaxies dominated by dark matter.09 Jan, 2016, 04.12 PM IST
- New dwarf galaxy signals presence of dark matterThe exact source of this high-energy light is uncertain at this point but it just might be a signal of dark matter lurking at the galaxy's ...20 Aug, 2015, 05.15 PM IST
- New dwarf galaxies discovered in orbit around Milky WayThe others could be either dwarf galaxies or globular clusters - objects with similar visible properties to dwarf galaxies, but not held to...11 Mar, 2015, 04.23 PM IST
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