A white dwarf star has been spotted hurtling through the Milky Way at 560,000 miles per hour thanks to a thermonuclear blast from a ‘partial supernova’, study found. Astronomers from the University of Warwick used observations from the Hubble Space Telescope to find out what sent the white dwarf on its journey. The white dwarf has … Read more
A pair of ‘super Earth’ planets orbiting ‘just within the habitable zone’ of a nearby red dwarf star half the size of the Sun have been discovered by astronomers. The star these potentially rocky world’s orbit is called Gliese 887 – it is 11 light years away from the Earth and one of the brightest … Read more
Observations of a pulsar and white dwarf orbiting another star helped astronomers prove a cornerstone of Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity right – again. Researchers from the University of Manchester found that the pulsar – a type of neutron star – and a white dwarf accelerated to another star at the same pace. This … Read more
Life on Earth can be traced back to the Milky Way crashing into a nearby dwarf galaxy more than five billion years ago, according to new research. The birth of the Sun is due to a close encounter with smaller loop-shaped companion galaxy called Sagittarius, say Spanish scientists. Analysis of the age of nearby stars indicates … Read more
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: Is that creature a Red Dwarf alien — or Judi Dench in Cats? By Christopher Stevens for Daily Mail Published: 01:59 BST, 10 April 2020 | Updated: 02:25 BST, 10 April 2020 Red Dwarf: The Promised Land Rating: How To Make: The Toothbrush Rating: Red Dwarf (Dave), the sci-fi sitcom … Read more