Dwarf planet Ceres is depicted in these enhanced-color renderings, which utilize images from NASA’s Dawn mission. New thermal and chemical models that rely on the mission’s data indicate Ceres may ...

New observations suggest that the dwarf planet Makemake is surrounded by faintly glowing methane gas. Scientists are unsure if the gas is contained within a wispy atmosphere or being ejected into ...

What would happen if you obtained space-bending abilities and decided to test them out by placing Earth between the two ...

Scientists have detected methane gas on the dwarf planet Makemake, indicating that the distant body is a dynamic icy world. The discovery was made by a team led by the Southwest Research Institute ...

China's Three Gorges Dam has effectively changed Earth's axis by nearly an inch since it was built nearly 18 years ago, ...

More than 50 times further from the Sun than Earth, the tiny dwarf planet Makemake is one of the last places you'd expect to find an intact gaseous atmosphere. Not only is it incredibly cold, being ...

The space telescope is peering into our own solar system's future. Anyone hungry for the icy crunch of a Pluto-like body? No? Well, one nearby white dwarf is going all in on a Pluto-esque snack.

More than 2 billion kilometers farther from the sun than Pluto, a frigid world named Makemake sports the most distant gas ever seen in our solar system, new observations reveal. “By surprise, we found ...

The month is packed with skywatching highlights—including two galaxies visible to the naked eye and a rare glimpse of the innermost planet. A cormorant crosses the face of the full moon in ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The discovery of life on Mars is a tad closer than ever before. This month, NASA announced the discovery of signs of life on the red planet in deposits of clay and silt in a canyon.

The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper’s authors have dubbed ...

Lauren Edgar has spent nearly two decades at NASA studying the moon and Mars, guiding rover missions and helping design lunar science for the Artemis program. Now, she's trading her role behind the ...