The long, puzzling dwarf planet Ceres, in reality the first named asteroid, has surface features that are much more complex ...

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has reiterated his support for Pluto to be reclassified as a planet. Pluto was downgraded to a dwarf planet in 2006 because it has not cleared its orbital path of ...

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Could Pluto be repromoted to planetary status? On Tuesday NASA administrator Jared Isaacman told a Senate committee hearing that he is “very much in the camp of make Pluto a planet again.” NASA is ...

While most of my columns over the more than 20 years that I have written them for the Kitsap Sun have dealt with serious issues -- wars, addictions, family struggles -- sometimes a lighter issue ...

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TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized world in the system’s habitable zone, is drawing scientific attention as researchers hunt for signs of an atmosphere—and potentially life-supporting conditions. Early James ...

Astronomers studying extreme planetary systems have identified worlds so massive that they rival the smallest stars in size. These giant planets blur the line between planetary and stellar ...

More than 50 times further from the Sun than Earth, the tiny dwarf planet Makemake is one of the last places you'd expect to find an intact gaseous atmosphere. Not only is it incredibly cold, being ...