While Charon is currently listed as a satellite or moon by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), consideration is being given to it perhaps being classified as a dwarf planet in its own right, ...

You probably know about the buildings or train station named for President Biden, but he's also the namesake for a dwarf ...

As the gatekeepers to the Kuiper Belt, Charon and Pluto are a unique double dwarf planet system ... Christy had been imaging Pluto with the USNO's 1.5-meter (4.9-foot) telescope.

5 (UPI) --On this date in history ... It was considered the largest known dwarf planet in the solar system until a year later when Pluto was downgraded from being a planet. In 2008, tribal ...

Skywatchers: A six-planet alignment peaks this week as Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Venus, and Saturn come together for ...

Six planets are still aligned in London skies tonight (Sunday, January 26) and will remain so until about mid-February. So if ...

Rumya Sundaram, Citizen Scientist Coordinator for the Key Biscayne Community Foundation, will present this month’s Citizen ...

5 (UPI) --On this date in history ... It was considered the largest known dwarf planet in the solar system until a year later when Pluto was downgraded from being a planet. In 2008, tribal ...

The discovery of an extraordinary multi-planet system has demonstrated that so-called "hot Jupiter" planets may not be lonely ...

Mars will be making its closest approach to Earth in two years, and thus, the mighty red planet, named for the god of war ...

A six-planet alignment or parade will form an arc in the early night sky, peaking in it's visibility Jan. 17-18. We let you ...

All of our solar system’s planets are lining up to parade through the night sky at once. This extraordinary celestial event will see the sky scattered with seven visible planets in what is known ...