Sedna, a distant dwarf planet three-quarters the size of Pluto, is inching toward the brightest star in our sky — and in 2076 ...

How many dwarf planets are there in our solar system? The recent discovery of 2017 OF201 makes the tally anywhere between ...

The planets in order from the Sun are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. If you include the ...

The James Webb telescope has made another stunning discovery -- this time of a massive planet that could potentially sustain ...

Life outside the Earth is one of the biggest "what if" in history, but NASA is trying to put a end to the discussion - or add ...

The sun will eventually become a red giant, engulfing Earth in about 5 billion years. More solar energy hits Earth in one ...

What methods can be used to identify subsurface oceans on the five largest moons of Uranus: Ariel, Umbriel, Titania and ...

A study has proposed that to draw out this water, a space elevator can be built on Ceres, Universe Today reported. Researchers at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs and Industrial CNT state ...

For the better part of a century, we believed there were nine planets in our solar system, with Pluto being the farthest from the sun. Since the discovery of more Pluto-sized dwarf planets, that ...

The organic material found in a few areas on the surface of dwarf planet Ceres is probably of exogenic origin. Impacting asteroids from the outer asteroid belt may have brought it with them.

The dwarf planet is a bizarre, cryovolcanic world. However, the organic deposits discovered on its surface so far are unlikely to originate from its interior. The organic material found in a few ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Using data from NASA's now-defunct Dawn spacecraft, scientists have discovered that the dwarf ...