Tag: "astronomers"
Astronomers spot white dwarf that guzzled a Pluto-like world
World 16:32 27/09/2025WASHINGTON -- Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have observed a white dwarf - a highly compact stellar ember - that appears to have gobbled up an icy world akin to the dwarf planet Pluto, a finding with implications regarding the likelihood of habitable planets beyond our solar system.
Astronomers locate universe's 'missing' matter
World 09:19 17/06/2025WASHINGTON - The universe has two kinds of matter. There is invisible dark matter, known only because of its gravitational effects on a grand scale. And there is ordinary matter such as gas, dust, stars, planets and earthly things like cookie dough and canoes.
