No longer a planet but not forgotten, Pluto’s colors, captured by NASA almost 10 years ago, continue to dazzle among the collection of colorful celestial objects only seen in the solar system. Since ...

In recent years, scientists have learned a lot about Ceres thanks to NASA's Dawn probe, which visited the object between 2014 and 2018. One of the most intriguing discoveries from the Dawn mission is ...

New NASA research hints that Ceres — the closest dwarf planet to Earth — may have once had an ancient "power source" that could have sparked the evolution of extraterrestrial life-forms in the tiny ...

The researchers said 2017 OF201 was identified in observations by telescopes in Chile and Hawaii spanning seven years. Scientists have identified an object about 435 miles (700 km) wide inhabiting the ...

Ceres, a dwarf planet, may have been more than just a cold, distant world. NASA's findings reveal a past where life-supporting conditions might have existed. New evidence from NASA suggests that a ...

Pluto's moon: NASA's New Horizons captured this high-resolution enhanced color view of Charon just before the spacecraft made its closest approach to Pluto on July 14, 2015. Thanks For Reading!

A NASA scientist has hinted at the possibility of life existing in the seas of a dwarf planet, stating that astrobiologists are constantly "surprised" by the level of activity on the outer edges of ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration of confirmed dwarf planets and their moons. From left to right: Pluto (with ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope detected material from a Pluto-like body spiraling into a white dwarf star 260 light-years away from Earth. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Tim Pyle illustration For the ...

The dwarf planet Ceres is a complex and active world unlike any other place in the solar system, new research suggests. Observations by NASA's Ceres-orbiting Dawn spacecraft indicate that "ice ...

Spots were speculated to be everything from alien cities to geysers. — -- Scientists have finally cracked the mystery of the unexplained lights on the dwarf planet Ceres that were speculated to ...