A highly unusual planetary system, comprised of a Sun-like star, a dwarf star and an enormous planet sandwiched in between, has been discovered. The planet, first discovered in 2011 orbiting a star ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

What it tells us about the past: This marble statuette depicts a dwarf-dancer, which was a common motif in ancient Mediterranean art. But while examples from Greece were usually exaggerated or ...

Paralympic swimming champion Ellie Simmonds has been announced as a contestant for this year’s Strictly Come Dancing, saying she’s delighted to be the first contestant with dwarfism to take part in ...

Many large galaxies—our Milky Way among them—are orbited by a retinue of smaller, fainter companions: dwarf galaxies. Some are probably nearly as old as the universe itself, isolated islands of ...

The discovery that many small galaxies throughout the universe do not 'swarm' around larger ones like bees do but 'dance' in orderly disc-shaped orbits is a challenge to our understanding of how the ...

RED Dwarf star Danny John Jules has been announced as the next star joining Strictly Come Dancing. The 57-year-old actor said he couldn’t wait to get started on the show and was looking forward to ...

The BBC has announced 14 celebrities joining the line-up this year including James Cracknell, Alex Scott and Catherine Tyldesley, among others. Strictly Come Dancing fans are waiting to find out who ...

Female praying mantises are notorious for eating their mates during or after sex. Now, scientists have discovered a dwarf ...

Steps singer Faye Tozer and Red Dwarf actor Danny John-Jules have become the second and third celebrities confirmed for Strictly Come Dancing. The pair were announced as the latest celebs taking part ...

Miniature Skeleton: A ghostly 2,000-year-old party favor from a Roman banquet Ancient Egyptian statue of 'Messi' found at Saqqara necropolis is 'only known example of its kind from the Old Kingdom' ...