Lister (played by Craig Charles) and his friends had a hilarious series of adventures in Red Dwarf XII that saw them coming face to face with a non-evil version of Adolf Hitler and Vlad the Impaler in the season premiere to the entire cast transforming into mechanoids like Kryten (Robert Llewelyn). The UKTV sci-fi hit […]
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Astronomers spot ring around pebble-shaped dwarf planet
Published time: 12 Oct, 2017 23:19 A small body at the edge of our solar system has brought into question the notion that, when it comes to planets, only giants can have rings. An international team of scientists made the discovery after being treated to a clear view of the dwarf planet Haumea as it […]
Odd, potato-shaped dwarf planet has ring, may not be a planet
Enlarge / Artist’s conception of the potentially ringed dwarf planet Haumea. (credit: IAA-CSIC/UHU) Thanks largely to the improvements in our instrumentation, we’ve started to get a picture of what the far reaches of our Solar System look like. Beyond the orbit of the outermost planet, there is a large collection of icy dwarf planets called […]
Red Dwarf is back! The loved sci-fi comedy returns with a star-studded line-up
GETTY/PH Red Dwarf will air on Thursday, 9pm on Channel Dave Many actors claim to suffer for their craft, whether it’s performing daring stunts or hitting the gym for a big role. But Robert Llewellyn has perhaps had it harder than most over the years. After all, the 61 year old has now spent three […]
Officially ‘weird’: Mysterious signals from dwarf star not signs of alien life
Published time: 23 Jul, 2017 10:44 Strange signals emanating from a dwarf star are not evidence of extraterrestrial life. That’s according to astronomers who detected the unidentified radio signals, setting off public speculation that aliens were trying to making contact with Earth. Scientists from the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico revealed last week that they were […]
Astronomers baffled by mysterious signals emanating from dwarf star
Published time: 15 Jul, 2017 10:12 Edited time: 15 Jul, 2017 10:16 Astronomers on the hunt for habitable worlds beyond our solar system say they have picked up “strange signals” emanating from a nearby star, 11 light years away. Scientists from the Arecibo Observatory in Peru are studying red dwarf stars in the hope that […]
Lunar surprise: Astronomers discover moon orbiting ‘Snow White’ dwarf planet
Published time: 20 May, 2017 21:57 Edited time: 20 May, 2017 22:01 A new study has revealed that the third-largest dwarf planet in our solar system has its own moon. Researchers used three different space observatories to confirm that dwarf planet 2007 OR10, which is nicknamed “Snow White,” is orbited by a moon. Snow White […]
Tiny Object With Very Silly Name Could Be the Next Dwarf Planet
Image: Alexandra Angelich (NRAO/AUI/NSF) When we think of dwarf planets, the first thing that comes to mind is obviously the injustice of Pluto getting demoted to one. But the truth is, these little guys—and there are six currently recognized within our solar system—deserve just as much love as their mightier planetary cousins. Good news for […]
‘Farewell to Pluto’: NASA release stunning high-res image of dwarf planet (PHOTO)
Published time: 27 Mar, 2017 18:06Edited time: 27 Mar, 2017 18:07 NASA has released its highest-resolution color image of Pluto, showing the dwarf planet dramatically backlit by the sun. The receding crescent was snapped by the New Horizon Spacecraft as it traveled some 120,000 miles (200,000 km) from Pluto. Somewhat confusingly, the space agency dubbed […]
Astronomers have found 7 Earth-size planets circling a dwarf star — and they might harbor life
NASA/JPL-Caltech TRAPPIST-1, a red dwarf star 39-light-years away from us, has seven Earth-size planets orbiting it. It’s likely that all of these worlds are rocky and may possibly harbor liquid water. Red dwarf stars are the most abundant type of star in the Milky Way galaxy. In the future, telescopes might be able to detect […]