Chinchillas are so fluffy because they come from the Andes mountains of South America, and they need their incredibly dense, soft fur to protect them from the extreme cold in their native habitat ...

On the southernmost tip of India, a “dwarf”-like creature with spiky sides scampered up a boulder. Down below, scientists ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In 1995, astronomers confirmed the discovery for the first time of a brown dwarf, a body too small to be a star and too big to be a planet - sort of a celestial tweener.

With their famously soft fur and cute ears, it is no wonder that chinchillas are a popular pet. Luckily for us humans, these fur babies have quite a few ways to communicate. Kris Koh is a ...

The brightest star in the nighttime sky, Sirius, or the Dog Star, greatly outshines its white dwarf companion, Sirius B. At 8.6 light-years away, Sirius B is the nearest known white dwarf star to ...

“It used to be that this brown dwarf didn’t make any sense. We worried that we were doing something horribly wrong, or that our models were horribly wrong. But, no, everything’s fin ...

Scientists have puzzled over the object known as Gliese 229B, the first known brown dwarf discovered 30 years ago. Brown dwarfs are sometimes called failed stars because they're lighter than stars ...

He was 2nd Technician on Red Dwarf though he always wanted to be an officer. However after sitting and failing his Asto-navigation exam on no less than 13 occasions and doing the same with his ...

Astronomers spotted a potential Earth-size rocky world orbiting a white dwarf, suggesting a future in which our planet outlives its star. By Jonathan O’Callaghan In six billion years the sun ...

The Chinchilla 500 stands out for its carefully studied ergonomics, offering a natural and comfortable riding position. The [ ...

The species that “must be kept in groups of at least two animals” are (for mammals) guinea pigs, mice, gerbils, rats, degus and chinchillas ... office says Russian dwarf hamsters and Chinese ...