Is Pluto a planet? At a U.S. Senate committee hearing this week, NASA's chief shared his thoughts on the decades-long debate.

The celestial body’s status as the solar system's ninth planet was withdrawn in 2006. Now some experts say we might want to ...

When NASA’s Dawn spacecraft arrived at Ceres in 2015, it revealed a dwarf planet far more complex than scientists expected.

Nasa chief Jared Isaacman wants to restore Pluto to its former glory. On Tuesday (April 28), the US space agency chief said ...

New research suggests that billions of years ago, the dwarf planet Ceres may have had water, organic molecules, and chemical energy — the key ingredients for life. NASA’s Dawn mission data reveals ...

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NASA chief Jared Isaacman said at a US Senate hearing that he supports restoring Pluto's status as a planet after a ...

Astronomers have detected the chemical fingerprint of a frozen, water-rich planetary fragment being devoured by a white dwarf star, offering the clearest evidence yet that icy, life-delivering objects ...

"My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas." Growing up, many of us memorised the planets through playful mnemonics. Over time, however, a revised version emerged: “My Very Educated Mother ...

The head of NASA says maybe Pluto is a planet after all. He is wrong because Pluto is part of the rest of the solar system ...