Dwarf sperm whales have an unusual way to protect themselves if they come under attack. When they feel threatened, these tiny whales release their intestinal fluid, turning the water red.

Deep in the constellation Canes Venatici, also called the Hunting Dogs, lies the dwarf galaxy NGC 4449. It's part of the M94 galaxy group, near a group of galaxies to which our Milky Way belongs ...

The dwarf planet candidate’s closest point to the sun is about 7 billion kilometers, roughly 45 times that of Earth’s distance. One trip around the sun takes more than 24,000 years.

The observed birth rate of such heavy white dwarf pairs is estimated at 6.0 × 10^-4 per year. However, the number of type 1a supernovae these systems cause is only about 4.4 × 10^-5 per year.

A surprising pattern of spatial distribution was discovered in dwarf galaxies, whereby diffuse ones cluster more strongly than do compact ones — opposite to the trend seen in massive galaxies ...

More Astronomers have discovered the "missing link" connecting the death of sunlike stars to the birth of white dwarf stellar remnants, in the form of a "teenage vampire" white dwarf. This vampire ...

Internet users can't get enough of an adorable cat whose tongue is perpetually hanging out of his mouth due to having so many of his teeth removed. Otis the 8-month-old cat has captured hearts ...

Astronomers have discovered a "teenage vampire" dead star in the process of devouring a companion star during a short-lived, "missing link" phase of its evolution.

The researchers compared the planetary and system characteristics of GJ 12 b and its M dwarf to the TRAPPIST-1 system, the latter of which contains seven Earth-sized exoplanets orbiting an M dwarf ...

A museum holding a "lifetime collection" of Doctor Who memorabilia, along with Star Wars and Red Dwarf props, is putting its entire collection up for auction. The Time Machine Museum of Science ...

David Fickling Books has signed Sin Bin Island, the debut middle-grade adventure from Doug Naylor, the co-creator of the television show, Red Dwarf. Managing director and publishing director Liz ...

A possible new dwarf planet described as "Pluto's cousin" has been found at the edge of the solar system, so far away that it takes around 25,000 years to complete one orbit around the Sun.