Astronomers think that a dwarf planet hiding in the middle of our solar system could be a source of frozen water. The dwarf ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Computer simulations suggest that there is an undiscovered Earth-like ...

The celestial object is now redefined as a "dwarf planet," leaving just eight major planets in the solar system. After years of debate over Pluto's planetary status, the International Astronomical ...

The solar system has nine planets, but in 2006 the International Astronomical Union declared Pluto a dwarf planet, making the ...

On a small dwarf planet called Makemake, astronomers have seen signs of surprising temperature changes. These could indicate ...

It is only half as wide as the USA and is smaller than our moon. The solar system contains hundreds of dwarf planets, including Ceres, which can be found in the asteroid belt. Asteroids are made ...

The rings around Quaoar are too faint to be seen by a telescope Previously unseen rings around a dwarf planet on the edge of our solar system have been discovered using a camera developed at the ...

The Sun is the largest object in the Solar System. The Sun’s huge gravitational field keeps many other objects - planets, dwarf planets, asteroids and comets - in orbit around it. The Sun and ...

For the study, the researchers examined TRAPPIST-1, which is an M-dwarf ... planets do have atmospheres, which significantly enhances the chances that these common planetary systems could support life ...

This image of Pluto, one of 77 composite photographs that appeared in Otherworlds: Visions of our Solar System, shows the dwarf planet lit from behind by the Sun, surrounded by a tenuous, hazy blue ...