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 ...

Scientists have identified an object about 700km wide inhabiting the frigid outer reaches of our solar system that might qualify as a dwarf planet, spotting it as it travels on a highly elongated ...

5 jaw-dropping NASA pics of dwarf planets in our solar system Dwarf planets are celestial bodies that orbit the Sun and are similar to regular planets but don’t clear their orbital path of other ...

A gas giant exoplanet with the density of a marshmallow has been detected in orbit around a cool red dwarf star by the NASA-funded NEID radial-velocity instrument on the 3.5-meter WIYN Telescope at ...

The dwarf planet Ceres, the only dwarf planet in the main asteroid belt, might have once been hospitable for life, according to a recent study. NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA Ceres, the ...

A planet killer capable of ripping them to pieces has been discovered, say space scientists. Researchers believe they've found evidence that a white dwarf may have torn a Jupiter-sized planet apart. A ...

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