According to a recent YouGov poll, 35% of Americans think Pluto is not a planet. But they are all wrong—kind of. To get to ...

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

The organic material on the dwarf planet Ceres is probably of extra-Ceresian origin: a recent study concludes that asteroids from the outer asteroid belt that crashed into the dwarf planet brought ...

Surface of dwarf planet Ceres. The sites of organic material are shown as or in red boxes. The vast majority of sites are found near the Ernutet crater in the northern hemisphere. Credit ...

For the current study (AGU Advances, "Ceres: Organic-Rich Sites of Exogenic Origin?"), the researchers looked for previously unknown deposits of organic material on dwarf planet Ceres. With its ...

The dwarf planet is a bizarre, cryovolcanic world. However, the organic deposits discovered on its surface so far are unlikely to originate from its interior. The organic material found in a few ...

Until that happens, the best the universe can offer is aligning planets, we’re afraid – but it’s still pretty exciting. For a few brief evenings around February 28, every planet in our solar ...

Stargazers are in for a treat as six planets align in the night sky, offering a spectacular view. The cosmic event will captivate observers worldwide, with Saturn and Venus coming extremely close ...

You may have heard the saying, "when the stars align," once or twice in your life, but did you know that the planets aligning is a real thing that happens? The celestial event is a notable one, mostly ...

Mercury will join this alignment by the end of February. We are all set to witness the celestial dance as the planets align in a beautiful and rare show of cosmic dance or alignment. This ...

It’s not every day you can step out your front door and see half the solar system with the naked eye. That’s the spectacle visible in Toronto and across Canada right now, as Venus, Saturn ...