Despite being closer to the size of Jupiter than the Sun, Barnard's Star is at the center of its own little solar system.
It turns out that Saturn and the other gas giants are not the only planetary bodies in our solar system to have rings.
The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs was enormous - but it was by no means the largest ever to hit our planet.
Craig Charles is fronting a new UFO investigative series alongside space journalist Sarah Cruddas.
For the first time ever, abnormally short 'dwarf' giraffes have been spotted in Uganda and Namibia.
Scientists have determined that Ceres, like Europa and Enceladus, is home to an ocean of liquid water.
Astronomers have identified a 'bizarre' ultra-massive white dwarf star that may be more than meets the eye.
Astronomers have discovered a huge planet orbiting the burnt-out husk of a star that was once like the Sun.
Astrophysicists have discovered a way to detect the surviving cores of planets orbiting white dwarf stars.
The enigmatic dwarf planet has been throwing up no shortage of surprises over the last few years.
Scientists have determined that planets orbiting red dwarf stars may be capable of supporting primitive life.
After spending years unravelling the mysteries of the dwarf planet Ceres, Dawn has finally run out of fuel.
The important new find also hints at the presence of another, much larger planet in the outer solar system.
Researchers have called into question the reasoning behind Pluto's demotion from planet to dwarf planet.
The huge object is 12.7 times the mass of Jupiter and has a magnetic field 200 times more powerful.
The enigmatic dwarf planet is home to a 'riot of processes' that continue to surprise researchers.
South America's Cuyaba dwarf frog has a rather unique way of dissuading predators from eating it for lunch.
Scientists have identified an extinct species of mini-dolphin that lived over 30 million years ago.
Astronomers have observed a distant white dwarf star shifting the position of another star in the sky.
Two new studies have revealed that the dwarf planet Ceres is home to significant quantities of water ice.