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New research suggests sub-stellar objects called dark dwarfs could glow forever on dark matter energy. Could they reveal secrets about the universe’s hidden mass?
The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...
This 10-month-old black dwarf kitten, Luna, begged to get on the bed, staring adorably at her owner and softly meowing. When the owner picked her up and placed her on the bed, Luna immediately ...
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 future of yellow dwarf stars, like our sun, is determined almost entirely by their mass. The most massive stars, about eight to 12 times heftier than the sun, can explode as supernovae ...
Red Dwarf gained a huge cult following and is remembered as one of the UK's best loved comedy series. The show went on to make household names of its cast, but where are they now?
A team of scientists in the US, led by Indian-origin astrophysicist Raga Deepika Pucha, has discovered the largest samples of intermediate-mass black holes and dwarf galaxies with active black ...
Within the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument’s early data, scientists have uncovered the largest samples ever of intermediate-mass black holes and dwarf galaxies hosting an active black ...
Within the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument's early data, scientists have uncovered the largest samples ever of intermediate-mass black holes and dwarf galaxies hosting an active black hole ...
A supermassive black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) may be the source of nine stars zooming through our galaxy – a surprising hint that dwarf galaxies can host large black holes ...