Astronomers think that a dwarf planet hiding in the middle of our solar system could be a source of frozen water. The dwarf planet Ceres is located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

In billions of years, our Sun will expand into a red giant, likely engulfing Earth before shrinking into a white dwarf—a dense, glowing stellar remnant. While this process destroys most planets ...

A blue atmosphere, smooth areas, and youthful mountain ranges - this dwarf planet is full of surprises. When NASA's New Horizons probe flew past Pluto in July 2015, the images it returned astonished ...

Hygiea, classified as an asteroid so far, might actually be a dwarf planet. The European Southern Observatory has been able to confirm that Hygiea has a spherical shape. But, Hygiea is missing a ...

Using data from NASA's now-defunct Dawn spacecraft, scientists have discovered that the dwarf planet Ceres, the second wettest body in the solar system after Earth, could have an interior reserve ...

It tests technologies that could help humans survive on Mars ... The largest object is the asteroid belt is the dwarf planet Ceres, which is 950km in diameter (that's about the same the length ...

Scientists have used data from a long-retired NASA Dawn spacecraft to solve the mystery surrounding the origins of the ...

Best known for driving demotion of Pluto to dwarf planet ... To me, the search for Planet 9 is the continuation of what humans have done forever. Humans explore. The first humans, I’m sure ...

Astronomers have asked the public to help name a minor planet in our Solar System discovered in 2007. The dwarf planet, which orbits the sun beyond Neptune, has since been referred to as (225088 ...