Drivers need to be careful to avoid a concussion when getting in and out of these pint-sized cars. The Dwarf Car Museum, in ...

Astrophysicists at the University of Warwick have found an unusual ring of metal-rich gas orbiting very close around a white dwarf star. The presence of the ring helps solve a problem for astronomers ...

Astronomers have found a white dwarf star with a strange metallic scar on its surface. This blemish probably formed when the star ripped up and ate a small planet in its orbit. Researchers often spot ...

Phosphorus is one of six key elements necessary for life on Earth. When combined with hydrogen, phosphorus forms the molecule ...

The local 'metal-poor' dwarf galaxy was hidden in the glare of a foreground star earning the nickname Peekaboo. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

For the first time, scientists have detected trace amounts of phosphine—a molecule that, on Earth, is produced only by living beings—in the atmosphere of a brown dwarf. Wolf 1130C is an ancient brown ...

Commentary on A.J. Burgasser et al., "Observation of undepleted phosphine in the atmosphere of a low-temperature brown dwarf.

Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected the "sign of life molecule" phosphine in the atmosphere of a ...