There are also five additional celestial bodies called dwarf planets, including Pluto, Ceres, Eris, Haumea and Makemake. Grad student discovers planet orbiting around nearby star, astronomers say ...

“New Horizons shattered a major paradigm of planetary science,” says Alan Stern, the mission’s principal investigator. “Pluto turns out to have as much complexity as Mars or Earth, so much so that I ...

Six planets are visible in the night sky right now. On Feb. 28, Mercury will add a seventh planet to the planetary parade. Venus, Mars and Jupiter are 'great naked-eye targets' for beginning ...

However, since Eris is similar in size to—and greater ... Instead, Pluto is considered a dwarf planet. Year Pluto Timeline Event While this decision might seem cut and dried, some scientists ...

they were actually deciding whether another four planets would join the solar system, (Ceres, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris). Astronomer Mike Brown, discoverer of most of those dwarf planets ...

As much as the Moon's clash with the dwarf planet Eris in your work sector before leaving a nostalgic and reflective part of your chart today is a monthly event and a familiar reminder when it ...

George Hampton Middle School student Vincent Chu of Woodbridge won the Prince William Regional Spelling Bee on Tuesday night ...

It has a ring and a small moon called Weywot. Pluto is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt, a region of our solar system past Neptune. NASA captured stunning image of Eris dwarf planet. It is a dwarf ...

The first time you may have heard the term ‘dwarf planet’ was when Pluto got demoted to one in 2006 (RIP). However, we actually have six in our Solar System. Pluto, Ceres, Makemake, Haumea, and Eris ...

There are also five additional celestial bodies called dwarf planets, including Pluto, Ceres, Eris, Haumea and Makemake. Grad student discovers planet orbiting around nearby star, astronomers say The ...