Webb usually observes exoplanets through indirect methods, such as transmission spectroscopy, a technique for studying a ...

A potential new dwarf planet has been discovered in the outer reaches of the solar system, and its existence poses the ...

Scientists may have discovered a dwarf planet far beyond Neptune — an unearthing that may disprove a longstanding theory ...

Astronomers confirm TOI-5573 b, a rare, miniature Saturn-like planet orbiting a small star, challenging theories of planetary ...

The dwarf planet also has one provisional moon, which is nicknamed MK 2. Discovery: March 31, 2005. Size: 888 miles in diameter (1/9 the size of Earth) Distance from sun: 4.3 billion miles.

Red dwarf stars, also called M dwarf or M-type star, the most numerous type of star in the universe and the smallest type of hydrogen-burning star. Red dwarf stars have masses from about 0.08 to 0.6 ...

A team of astronomers believe they may have discovered a new dwarf planet—just like Pluto—on the edge of our solar system. The object—which orbits out beyond Neptune—has been named "2017 OF201" by the ...

A dwarf planet called 50000 Quaoar that orbits beyond Neptune appears to have a ring that shouldn't be there, at 7.4 times more distant than the planet's radius.

6 planets align this January in a celestial late Friday/Saturday evening parade A six-planet alignment or parade will form an arc in the early night sky, peaking in visibility Jan. 17-18.

The dwarf planet is slightly smaller than Pluto, and is the second-brightest object in the Kuiper Belt as seen from Earth. Makemake takes about 305 Earth years to make one trip around the Sun. Apophis ...

There are eight planets in our solar system and one dwarf planet (Pluto). Because we live on Earth, the most we could see is a maximum of seven planets total.

There are eight planets in our solar system and one dwarf planet (Pluto). Because we live on Earth, the most we could see is a maximum of seven planets total.