Makemake: Dwarf Planet Bucks Naming Trends

Celestial bodies are most often named after Greek and Roman gods, but Mount Olympus only has so many residents. So what is an astronomer to do when he or she discovers something new out in the void of space? The answer lies not off the coast of the Aegean, but in the South...

British dwarf's penis gets stuck to hoover

You just can't make this stuff up:"EDINBURGH (AFP) - A dwarf performer at the Edinburgh fringe festival had to be rushed to hospital after his penis got stuck to a vacuum cleaner during an act that went horribly awry. Daniel Blackner, or "Captain Dan the Demon Dwarf", was...

pluto: A Celestial Second Opinion

After Pluto got dissed into nonplanethood, lawmakers from Pluto's discoverer's home county are fighting back!"Seven months after a conclave of scientists downgraded the distant heavenly body to a "dwarf planet," a state representative in New Mexico aims to give the snubbed...

Light is shed on darkest galaxies

The mystery of how the darkest galaxies in the Universe came to exist may have been solved by scientists. Dwarf spheroidals are galaxies composed almost entirely of dark matter; faint examples have been discovered orbiting the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies. Scientists...

Smuggling under the spotlight at the London Boat Show

"Polar bear and zebra skins, a dwarf crocodile handbag, carved ivory and examples of smuggling devices used to bring drugs and counterfeit cigarettes into the UK will be on show at the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) exhibition stand at the London Boat Show. Visitors to this...