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

Dwarf Planets; New Maps of Ceres Highlight Mysterious Bright Spots, Giant Mountain. News. By Mike Wall published 30 September 2015 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

A new set of color-coded maps released by NASA is offering amazing views and fresh data on the dwarf planet Ceres.. One map shows more than a dozen recently approved names for features on Ceres ...

The new Ceres maps were created using data from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, which has been orbiting the dwarf planet since March. While some locations on Ceres once carried labels like "Spot 1" and ...

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

The newly discovered dwarf planet candidate, 2017 OF201, is more than a cold, rocky body in the Kuiper Belt. Its sheer remoteness and highly eccentric orbit distinguish it from the thousands of ...

Recent telescope data revealed that a small planet in the far reaches of our solar system has a dense ring round it, and scientists are baffled as to why. CNN values your feedback 1.

Makemake is the third-largest known dwarf planet in our solar system, after Pluto and Eris, with a diameter of 888 miles across. It takes about 309 years to orbit the sun.

For the dwarf planet candidate, one trip around the sun takes over 24,000 years. Its orbit challenges a proposed path for a hypothetical Planet Nine.

No. Pluto is still classified as a dwarf planet. Despite ongoing debate and public support for its reinstatement, the International Astronomical Union has not changed its 2006 decision.