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Dark matter in dwarf galaxy tracked using stellar motions

The qualities and behavior of dark matter, the invisible “glue” of the universe, continue to be shrouded in mystery. Though…

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Detection of an Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting the ultracool dwarf star SPECULOOS-3

The SPECULOOS project, led by the astronomer Michaël Gillon from the University of Liège, has just discovered a new Earth-sized…

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Pluto’s ‘heart’ is yet another bummer for the dwarf planet

Bless Pluto’s heart.  When NASA‘s New Horizons spacecraft first snapped photos of an unusual heart-shaped scar on Pluto in 2015,…

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Dwarf Fortress’ roguelike Adventure Mode gets beta launch on Steam

Dwarf Fortress – the hugely influential, dizzyingly expansive colony sim that’s been in development for over 20 years –…

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Astronomers uncover methane emission on a cold brown dwarf

Using new observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered methane emission on a brown dwarf, an…

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Dwarf Fortress’s Adventure Mode brings the sim’s chaotic spirit to CRPGs

Enlarge / See that fortress over there? You can explore it. And then die, when someone in your party remembers…

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Dwarf Fortress Game Devs Reveal What’s Next For Them After The Game’s Sudden Success

Tarn and Zach Adams, the creators of the hit indie game Dwarf Fortress, have been enjoying the fruits of their…

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Larian’s next game will have different “tone, style, way of doing it” to Baldur’s Gate 3, but won’t “dwarf” it

You might have heard: while Larian isn’t done with updating Baldur’s Gate 3, the studio’s next game won’t be…

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Discovery tests theory on cooling of white dwarf stars

Open any astronomy textbook to the section on white dwarf stars and you’ll likely learn that they are “dead stars”…

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Evidence of geothermal activity within icy dwarf planets

A team co-led by Southwest Research Institute found evidence for hydrothermal or metamorphic activity within the icy dwarf planets Eris…

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