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Dwarf sperm whale: The ‘pint-size whales’ that gush gallons of intestinal fluid when surprised

QUICK FACTS Name: Dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima) Where it lives: Tropical and temperate waters around the world. What it…

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Dwarf galaxy glows red in the Hunting Dogs constellation photo of the day for June 25, 2025

Deep in the constellation Canes Venatici, also called the Hunting Dogs, lies the dwarf galaxy NGC 4449. It’s part of…

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Missing link star? Why this ‘teenage vampire’ white dwarf has scientists so excited

Astronomers have discovered the “missing link” connecting the death of sunlike stars to the birth of white dwarf stellar remnants,…

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Pluto’s hazy skies are making the dwarf planet even colder, James Webb Space Telescope finds

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered that a hazy sky over frozen Pluto is helping to cool the…

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Scientists discover new dwarf planet far beyond the orbit of Neptune: Meet 2017 OF201

Scientists have found evidence of a previously-undetected dwarf planet at the edge of the solar system. The object, dubbed 2017…

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New dwarf planet spotted at the edge of the solar system

The orbits of a potential dwarf planet called 2017 OF201 and the dwarf planet Sedna Tony Dunn A potential dwarf…

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COMEDY

Woman rescues the tiniest kitten off of the streets, after noticing he isn’t growing she discovers he’s a dwarf cat, goes viral: ‘He’s gonna be a tiny cat furever!’

Hello. Since Kermit has attracted so many followers, I’m gonna take you guys on a photo timeline of when I…

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Exoplanet found in odd perpendicular orbit to brown dwarf star pair

An artist’s impression of the exoplanet 2M1510 (AB) b’s unusual orbit around a pair of brown dwarfs ESO/L. Calçada In…

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SCIENCE

How the James Webb Space Telescope is helping size up tiny dwarf planets

A surprising chemical difference between Pluto and Sedna, another dwarf planet in the distant Kuiper Belt, is helping scientists nail…

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These dwarf galaxies in the Hydra cluster are baffling scientists: ‘We found something we didn’t expect’

Astronomers have discovered something surprising about the universe’s smallest and faintest class of galaxies: Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies (UDGs). A research team…

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