The newcomer replacing Pluto presently goes by “Planet Nine.” If and when it finally shows up, it will get the honor of a ...

Researchers accounted for the previously overlooked structures of the dwarf planet and moon in computer simulations of a ...

Astronomy has unveiled some of the most impressive results: two Earth-sized Exoplanets orbiting a very nearby star called HD ...

A few decades ago, the Solar System had nine planets, but in 2006 the International Astronomical Union classified Pluto as a ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

The potential discovery of a large planet beyond Neptune’s orbit could change everything we know about the Solar System.

Pluto's big moon Charon may have a different origin story than scientists suspected. New research suggests the two bodies ...

J anuary 5, 2005, is an astronomical anniversary that is not really marked but should be. It saw the discovery of dwarf ...

The largest object is the asteroid belt is the dwarf planet Ceres, which is 950km in ... fly around the Sun in flat circular or oval orbits, the Oort Cloud is more like a sphere, with many icy ...

which are too small to be considered planets. The best known of these is Pluto, an ice dwarf that orbits far from the Sun, beyond the orbits of Uranus and Neptune. Pluto was previously classed as ...