Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A rapidly spinning, highly magnetic white dwarf in the Gaia22ayj system has been identified as a transitional "teenage" white dwarf pulsar. This object exhibits ...

In contrast, dwarf galaxies have often been underrepresented in such studies because of their low luminosity and the challenges associated with sparse sampling. However, the USTC research team has ...

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 isn ...

Structures known as "zippers" and "twisters" in the early universe may explain why dwarf galaxies tend to line up with each other, as well as hint at how dark matter operates in the universe.

Earth has a newly-discovered neighbor in the solar system. But the heavenly body – possibly a dwarf planet à la Pluto – isn't a frequent visitor. Located beyond Neptune, its extreme orbit ...

The new object is one of the most distant visible objects in our solar system. Astronomers have indeed discovered a potential new dwarf planet in the outer reaches of our solar system, far beyond ...

So many unexplored secrets still lie at the outskirts of our solar system, where a potential candidate for a new dwarf planet lies. Although space beyond Neptune was thought to be mostly devoid of ...

Now, a US-based trio hunting this elusive world has instead stumbled on what appears to be a new dwarf planet in the solar system’s outer reaches and the existence of this new kid on the block could ...

On May 21, the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of 2017 OF 201, which, because of its distance beyond Neptune, is classified as a trans-Neptunian ...

Pluto, the largest of those dwarf planets, has a diameter of about 2,377km. The mass of 2017 OF201 is estimated to be about 20,000 times smaller than Earth's and 50 times smaller than Pluto's. "We ...

Image Credit: images of dwarf planets from NASA/JPL-Caltech; image of 2017 OF 201 from Sihao Cheng et al. DOWNLOAD PDF VERSION The Solar System has just gotten a new official member. Currently ...