Almost 10 years ago, a NASA spacecraft was able to take several photos of Pluto, known for decades as a planet before it was ...

The Webb telescope has spotted exoplanets circling white dwarf stars, proving that planets can survive their star’s violent ...

Astronomers have discovered a rare planet orbiting at a 90-degree angle around two brown dwarfs—marking the first evidence of ...

Pluto is undoubtedly the most famous of all the dwarf planets, because it was once considered part of the main lineup of planets in our solar system. But there are… ...

The relative quantities of volatile gases like methane and ethane can reveal key details about distant Kuiper Belt objects.

Scientists using a telescope in Hawaii have discovered a never-before-seen dwarf planet lurking within the ring of icy bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. The small new world -- temporarily named ...

Hygiea, classified as an asteroid so far, might actually be a dwarf planet. The European Southern Observatory has been able to confirm that Hygiea has a spherical shape. But, Hygiea is missing a ...

Many planets have moons, and some planets have many moons - Saturn has more than 50. The Earth has just one moon - the Moon. Pluto is a dwarf planet. As the name suggests, a dwarf planet is ...