The 19-acre orchard outside Lowell was one of several top-notch fall destinations nominated by Newsweek travel editors and ...

and their biggest success, Honeycrisp. Luby is now passing the torch to a new generation of apple breeders who will be led by one of his former students. “It’s a little overwhelming,” Matt ...

When the Honeycrisp apple debuted in the 1990s, consumers responded ravenously. True to its name, it was sweet and crisp, each bite of blush and gold fruit bursting with juice. Seen as a paradigm ...

As I watched him sniff the Honeycrisp imposter, it seemed he clearly had missed his calling. “Listen, Johnny Appleseed,” I said to him. “These are the only apples they had at the market ...

Dwarf apple cultivars that would do well in a micro-orchard situation include Granny Smith, Zestar, Mcintosh, Fuji, Honeycrisp, Cortland, WineCrisp, and Pristine. These would provide a long season of ...

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 ...

Scientists behind the research think this stellar corpse is actually a monster-sized white dwarf. The discovery raises the question of how the binary's "living" star has managed to survive in ...

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 ...

A 2020 microlensing event was caused by a planetary system with an Earth-like planet and brown dwarf. The star type was uncertain. The team has determined that the star is a white dwarf ...

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 ...