Some parts of the dwarf planet Ceres harbored pockets of near-surface water for millions of years in the recent past, a new study suggests. Nearly three years since NASA's Dawn mission arrived at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astronomers discover potential dwarf planet 2017 OF201 beyond Neptune. (photo credit: Sihao Cheng et al) The researchers said 2017 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Earth has a newly-discovered neighbor in the solar system. But the heavenly body – possibly a dwarf planet à la Pluto – isn't a ...

Jan. 5 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1914, the Ford Motor Co. increased its pay from $2.34 for a 9-hour day to $5 for 8 hours of work. It was a radical move in an attempt to better retain ...

Scientists may have discovered a dwarf planet far beyond Neptune — an unearthing that may disprove a longstanding theory about the possibility of a giant ninth planet. The dwarf planet's existence ...

Scientists with the Institute for Advanced Study’s School of Natural Sciences say they have found a possible dwarf planet that they have dubbed an "extreme cousin" of Pluto. They say that the possible ...

Two decades ago, the International Astronomical Union—which defines and names celestial bodies—redefined the criteria for being a planet, putting Pluto into the new category of dwarf planet ...

Our solar system is much like a trail of microcosmic breadcrumbs: Follow the molecular bits as far back as they go, and you'll learn a thing or two about where many of our planets and other celestial ...

A rare type of plutonium has been found in the crust below the deep sea, offering new clues as to how heavy metals form in star explosions and mergers. Strange hexagonal diamonds may have been ...

WASHINGTON >> Scientists have identified an object about 435 miles wide inhabiting the frigid outer reaches of our solar system that might qualify as a dwarf planet, spotting it as it travels on a ...