1. It is the first time a spacecraft has ever visited a dwarf planet.

2. In addition, the financial resources of the Silicon Valley companies dwarf those of the automakers.

3. The sheer scale of the database appears to dwarf similar discoveries in the past.

4. Dawn should help bring Ceres into much clearer focus when it reaches the dwarf planet this spring.

5. Because red dwarf stars live so long, the probability of cosmic life grows over time.

6. Scientists have identified what is possibly the coldest white dwarf ever detected.

7. This is more consistent with an irregular dwarf galaxy.

8. The star, a white dwarf, is what happens when a star begins to die and only the inner core is left.

9. The brown dwarf rotates fully about every four hours.