How does a star affect the makeup of its planets? And what does this mean for the habitability of distant worlds? Carnegie's ...

Most planetary systems contain worlds larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, and the low-density planets around one ...

Thanks to the discovery of thousands of exoplanets to date, we know that planets bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune ...

NASA’s IXPE has just revealed the hidden geometry of a white dwarf’s cosmic feeding frenzy—using X-rays to see what no ...

A potential new type of celestial object has all the makings of a normal small galaxy. It’s rich with the same hydrogen gas ...

NASA’s IXPE captures the first X-ray polarization data from a white dwarf system, detailing observations of EX Hydrae and ...

Thanks to Dwarf, Impulse Gamer were given an exclusive opportunity to test out the world’s smallest smart telescope, the ...

On January 5, 2005, astronomers at NASA discovered Eris, the second-largest dwarf planet in the solar system. Eris is just ...

Through Carnegie Mellon University’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program, junior physics major Joao Passos is studying brown dwarfs — objects bigger than planets but smaller than stars — ...

Despite being mammals, these remarkably cancer-resistant animals share a lot in common with cold-blooded species.

This lizard’s physiology rewrites what we thought reptiles were capable of. Here’s the truth behind its notorious reputation, ...