Pluto’s atmosphere is packed with tiny particles of nitrogen, methane, and carbon monoxide that absorb sunlight, cool off, then radiate heat, managing the dwarf planet’s entire energy budget. James ...

Ceres, the Queen of the Asteroid Belt, is a dwarf planet that could prove crucial in humanity's quest for expansion in space. According to data collected by the Dawn spacecraft, it is made up of ...

So is Pluto still a planet? I remember there was a move to kick them out years ago. No, it’s a dwarf planet along with many others in the Kuiper belt.

We’ve visioned every song of our record as a planet on an imaginary solar system. Our will to never stick to one genre of music is tied with the meaning of a Cloud Drifter. You’ve worked closely with ...

A SpaceX rocket exploded in Texas and sent a massive fireball into the sky during an engine test. SpaceX said the explosion occurred after an "anomaly." ...

Yet a trickle of reflected photons, captured by two big telescopes on opposite hemispheres, has given scientists their first good look at the most remote sizable world spotted in more than a decade.

A possible dwarf planet, like Pluto, has been observed in our solar system, according to a preprint published in arXiv. The area of space where this planet was found was previously thought empty.

A planet far, far away A possible dwarf planet, like Pluto, has been observed in our solar system, according to a preprint published in arXiv. The area of space where this planet was found was ...

Antarctic scientists detect unexplained radio waves under the ice while searching for neutrinos, with researcher Stephanie Wissel noting these signals defy physics ...

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, June 13 Mercury is making its way through Gemini, passing close to the star Mebsuta (Epsilon [ε] Geminorum) this evening. Visible for ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered that a hazy sky over frozen Pluto is helping to cool the dwarf planet's atmosphere, while at the same time giving methane and other organic ...