Director of the E.A. Milne Centre for Astrophysics and Head of the Department of Physics and Mathematics, University of Hull The planets in our Solar System are heated by the Sun. Here on Earth, we ...

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The International Astronomical Union (IAU) defined a dwarf planet in 2006 as a celestial body that orbits the Sun, is round in shape, but has not cleared its orbital neighborhood of objects of ...

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 ...

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The dwarf planet Ceres is located in the asteroid belt but looks nothing like its neighbors. In a new paper, scientists propose an explanation for the conundrum. When you purchase through links on our ...