Beautiful photos of the six planets aligned in the night sky have emerged online. Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Venus and ...

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

The dwarf planet Ceres became the first body of the asteroid belt to be discovered when Giuseppe Piazzi spotted it #Today (January 1st) in 1801. (NASA Image) (NASA) – The dwarf planet Ceres ...

On January 1, 1801, a Sicilian astronomer named Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the dwarf planet Ceres orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter. At the time, Ceres was considered to be a planet. But after ...

Among the finds is an object thought to be an asteroid from the main belt, which lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

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, ...

As the gatekeepers to the Kuiper Belt, Charon and Pluto are a unique double dwarf planet system. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Electric propulsion is being increasingly used on space missions and could ultimately replace thrusters using chemical ...

Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the asteroid/dwarf planet Ceres orbiting the sun in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Ceres has been the focus of more recent NASA ...