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23 June 2010
Cellphone cancer linked trashed, voyage to Pluto and "female Viagra"
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Found 465 results for dwarf planet
Cosmic hit-and-runs create failed stars
26 May 2010
Close encounters between swerving young stars might help spawn the brown dwarfs riddling the Milky Way
Stellar 'pollution' may be remains of watery planets
12 April 2010
Atmospheric pollution on white dwarf stars could be a sign of destroyed watery exoplanets – suggesting that Earth-like worlds are common
'Dark sun' is one of our nearest neighbours
9 April 2010
A dim object less than 10 light years away seems to be the closest brown dwarf yet found – the discovery suggests other dark stars may lie even closer
Paired stars may bear multiple litters of alien worlds
15 January 2010
Unlike single-star systems, those with two suns could produce more than one generation of planets
Alien planet could be ultimate water world
16 December 2009
The discovery of a planet that seems to made almost entirely of water suggests "super-Earths" are a more diverse bunch than we thought
Failed stellar bombs hint at supernova tipping point
18 November 2009
Two peculiar white dwarfs with more oxygen than carbon are like nothing anybody has seen before
Failed stellar bombs hint at supernova tipping point
13 November 2009
Two peculiar white dwarfs with more oxygen than carbon are like nothing anybody has seen before
Apollo meets astrology: Buzz Aldrin and Gustav Holst
12 June 2009
The Apollo 11 astronaut joined the Boston Pops for a performance that reminds us how much our understanding of the solar system has been transformed by science
Even brown dwarfs have grey days
10 June 2009
Objects halfway between a planet and a star have been shown to feature weather patterns, enhancing their status as the universe's hybrids
