Astronomers have discovered the smallest and most massive white dwarf ever seen. The smoldering cinder, which formed when two less massive white dwarfs merged, is heavy, “packing a mass greater than ...
The dwarf lanternshark was discovered decades ago by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s research vessel Oregon. The discovery (along with a second species of lanternshark) was published in a 1985 ...
NASA's Webb telescope spotted what is likely the smallest brown dwarf ever observed. Brown dwarfs are some of the most unusual objects in the universe. They aren't a star or a planet. In theory, such ...